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dislodge

/dɪsˈlɒdʒ/

dislodge verb: to remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.

Verb

dislodge (third-person singular simple present dislodges, present participle dislodging, simple past and past participle dislodged)

  1. (transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
    • Yet I hoped by grouting at the earth below it to be able to dislodge the stone at the side; but while I was considering how best to begin, the candle flickered, the wick gave a sudden lurch to one side, and I was left in darkness.[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC
    • Four yeas later the same committee estimated that during the Yangtze flood of 1935 some 73,000,000 mou of agricultural land were submerged and 14,000,000 people dislodged from their homes. There were no detailed reports on the actual loss of life, but Han-ch'uan county in Hupei was caught entirely...1959, Ping-ti Ho, Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 234
  2. (intransitive) To move or go from a dwelling or former position.
    • Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round / Lodge and dislodge by turns.1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To force out of a secure or settled position.
    • The country’s first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who...2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times

dislodge meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

dislodge in Hindi

To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied
उखाड़ना ukhāṛnā, ढकेलना ḍhakelnā, निकाल देना nikāl denā, निकालना nikālnā, स्थानच्युत करना sthānacyut karnā

dislodge in Tamil

உண்மையற்ற, நம்பிக்கையற்ற, பற்றுமாறிய, நெடிது விலகல்

dislodge in Urdu

بےگھر ہونا, اکھڑنا, بےگھر کرنا, اکھاڑنا

dislodge in Malayalam

കുടിയിറക്കുക, പുറത്താക്കുക, ബഹിഷ്കരിക്കുക
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dislodge in Kannada
ನೆಲೆತಪ್ಪಿಸು, ಉಚ್ಛಾಟನೆ ಮಾಡು, ಸ್ಥಾನಚ್ಯುತಿ ಮಾಡು
dislodge in Indonesian
mengusir, mengeluarkan, mencabut, mencabuntukan
dislodge in Vietnamese
đánh bật

Examples of dislodge in a sentence

  • Four yeas later the same committee estimated that during the Yangtze flood of 1935 some 73,000,000 mou of agricultural land were submerged and 14,000,000 people dislodged from their homes.1959, Ping-ti Ho, Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 234:
  • In 1955, No. 30783, after a collision with an H15 4-6-0 at Bournemouth in which its right-hand cylinder was dislodged, required very extensive frame renewals.1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160:
  • Hinshelwood says he had "the biggest smile on my face for a long time" when he learned no rocks from the 2019 project had been dislodged by the 2020 deluge.2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 61:

All 23 example sentences with dislodge

Forms of dislodge

third-person singular presentdislodges
present participledislodging
past participledislodged
pastdislodged

Past tense of dislodge: dislodged

Origin of dislodge

From Middle English disloggen, from Old French deslogier. Compare French déloger. Equivalent to dis- + lodge.

Words formed from dislodge

Words that rhyme with dislodge

Questions about dislodge

What does dislodge mean?
Dislodge means to remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
What is dislodge in Hindi?
Dislodge in Hindi is उखाड़ना (ukhāṛnā), ढकेलना (ḍhakelnā), निकाल देना (nikāl denā). See Dislodge meaning in Hindi.
How do you use dislodge in a sentence?
Four yeas later the same committee estimated that during the Yangtze flood of 1935 some 73,000,000 mou of agricultural land were submerged and 14,000,000 people dislodged from their homes.
What part of speech is dislodge?
Dislodge is a verb.
How do you pronounce dislodge?
Dislodge is pronounced /dɪsˈlɒdʒ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of dislodge?
The past tense of dislodge is dislodged.

Words near dislodge in the dictionary

  1. dislocators
  2. dislocatory
  3. dislocon
  4. dislocons
  5. dislodgable
  6. dislodge
  7. dislodgeability
  8. dislodgeable
  9. dislodged
  10. dislodgement
  11. dislodgements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dislodge (page history and authors); dislodge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dislodge (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dislodge (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dislodge (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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