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Definition of Dislodge

1. Verb. Remove or force out from a position. "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"

2. Verb. Change place or direction. "Shift one's position"

3. Verb. Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied. "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

Definition of Dislodge

1. v. t. To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms.

2. v. i. To go from a place of rest.

3. n. Dwelling apart; separation.

Definition of Dislodge

1. Verb. To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied. ¹

2. Verb. To move or go from a dwelling or former position. ¹

3. Verb. To force out of a secure or settled position. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dislodge

1. to remove from a firm position [v -LODGED, -LODGING, -LODGES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dislodge

dislinks disload disloaded disloads dislocate dislocated dislocates dislocating dislocatio dislocatio erecta

dislocation dislocation fracture dislocation of articular processes dislocations dislodge (current term) dislodgeable dislodged dislodgement dislodgements dislodges

dislodging dislodgment dislodgments dislogistic disloign disloigns disloyal disloyally disloyalness

Literary usage of Dislodge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1879)
"Nobody at- nose baked into a semblance uf tempted to dislodge her from that parchment. CHAPTER XXIX. ..."

2. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"Said if N-Hampshire did attempt to settle there, we must dislodge them. March, 16. Mr. Bromfield, Stoddard, Townsend, Sew- all went to Roxbury Lecture in ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"... but it will save trouble if the gentlemen will keep themselves in readiness to dislodge at a moment's notice ! If they aro not smitten, however, ..."

4. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers (1840)
"Gazan surrounded them, and was obliged to kill almost the very last man before he could dislodge them. These three battalions being destroyed, ..."

5. The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K. G. During His by Duke of Arthur Wellesley Wellington (1834)
"This day we are at a stand still; and if the weather shall clear up, I hope to be able to dislodge them by movement. ' Let the Government do what they ..."

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