Dislodge
[dɪs'lɒdʒ] or [dɪs'lɑdʒ]
Definition
(verb.) remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; 'The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space'.
(verb.) remove or force out from a position; 'The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums'; 'He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble'.
Editor: Quentin--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. t.) To drive out from a place of hiding or defense; as, to dislodge a deer, or an enemy.
(v. i.) To go from a place of rest.
(n.) Dwelling apart; separation.
Checked by Eugene
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Expel, oust, eject, drive out, drive away.
Edited by Aaron
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See LODGE]
Checker: Susie
Definition
v.t. to drive from a lodgment or place of rest: to drive from a place of hiding or of defence.—v.i. to go away.—n. Dislodg′ment.
Typist: Rebecca
Examples
- In fact he could do nothing but make a wild and futile attempt to dislodge me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Lee made repeated attempts to dislodge Warren's corps, but without success, and with heavy loss. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The enemy made several desperate attempts to dislodge us, all of which were unsuccessful, and for which he paid dearly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But there was only one circumstance which could dislodge him, and that was the advent of a greater man. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Then at last the English troops rushed from the post from which no enemy had been able to dislodge them, and the Guard turned and fled. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They may have been dislodged from their original homeland--as the Ottoman Turks were--by the great cataclysm of Jengis or even earlier. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He stopped and laid his hand upon a piece of the coping of the burial-ground enclosure, as if he would have dislodged the stone. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The little dog retreated under the sofa on my approaching him, and was with great difficulty dislodged by the fire-irons. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I noticed that someone had thrown a fur over me, but it had become partially dislodged and in the darkness I could not see to replace it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Suddenly the door was thrown open with great violence, dislodging it from one of the hinges. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Five times during the day he assaulted furiously, but without dislodging our troops from their new position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checker: Wilbur