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Definitions for dislodge
dɪsˈlɒdʒdis·lodge

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dislodge, freeverb

    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"

  2. shift, dislodge, repositionverb

    change place or direction

    "Shift one's position"

  3. dislodge, bumpverb

    remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

    "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

Wiktionary

  1. dislodgeverb

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

  2. dislodgeverb

    To move or go from a dwelling or former position.

  3. dislodgeverb

    To force out of a secure or settled position.

  4. Etymology: From desloger, cognates include French déloger.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Dislodgeverb

    Etymology: dis and lodge.

    The shell-fish which are resident in these places live and die there, and are never dislodged or removed by storms, nor cast upon the shores, which the littorales usually are. John Woodward.

    Those senses lost, behold a new defeat,
    The soul dislodging from another seat. John Dryden, Juv.

    My sword can perfect what it has begun,
    And from your walls dislodge that haughty son. John Dryden, Aur.

    The ladies have prevail’d,
    The Volscians are dislodg’d, and Marcus gone. William Shakespeare, Cor.

  2. To Dislodgeverb

    To go away to another place.

    Soon as midnight brought on the dusky hour,
    Friendliest to sleep, and silence, he resolv’d
    With all his legions to dislodge. John Milton, Par. Lost.

ChatGPT

  1. dislodge

    To dislodge is to remove or knock something out of its position or place, often with force or effort. It can also refer to the act of forcing someone or something to leave a particular position or status.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dislodgeverb

    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. Dislodgeverb

    to drive out from a place of hiding or defense; as, to dislodge a deer, or an enemy

  3. Dislodgeverb

    to go from a place of rest

  4. Dislodgenoun

    dwelling apart; separation

  5. Etymology: [OF. deslogier, F. dloger; pref. des- (L. dis-) + OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dislodge

    dis-loj′, 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. [O. Fr. desloger, des—L. dis, apart, loger, to lodge.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. dislodge

    To drive an enemy from any post or station.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. dislodge

    To drive an enemy from a position.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dislodge in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dislodge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of dislodge in a Sentence

  1. Anna Zafesova:

    He has dozens of young women and men perfectly capable of carrying on his investigative work. Maybe they are less charismatic than he, but they are proof that the Russian opposition is not only virtual and cannot be silenced with the poisoning of its leader. POISONED KREMLIN CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY OUT OF COMA AND RESPONSIVE: GERMAN HOSPITAL Navalnys spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh and fellow team member Georgi Alburov front the Tatarstan film, and said they were followed and harassed while shooting by men who blocked their paths with quad bikes or lurked nearby. Some dramatic images along those lines appear in the film.Yarmysh talks about how Tatarstan was supposed to be one of Navalnys stops on his late summer swing through Russian regions ahead of elections. Navalny was lobbying forSmart Voting. He argued that ifhe and people like him couldnt run in elections in Russia, the next best thing wasto simply vote for a candidate who is not from the same party as President Vladimir Putin, United Russia. Navalnyfamously called it the party of crooks and thieves and wantedto chip away at its monopoly on power howeverpossible.He believes Smart Voting can eventually dislodge it from power. GERMANY SUGGESTS HALT TO RUSSIA PIPELINE PROJECT, SEEKS COOPERATION WITH NAVALNY POISONING INVESTIGATION In the documentary from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Navalnys team keeps up his stylistic pace with drone video of what itidentifiesas the palatial homes of the regional president and his family, punctuated withvideoof the vast collection of fancy watches from Patek Phillipe to Breguet worn byleaderRustam Minnikhanov. Even if you dont understand Russian, it is compelling TV, Zafesova said. Navalnys investigations have evolved over the years from merely facts and analysis on his blog to full-scale movies.He invented a whole new way to oppose power, a mix of media and politics which is very important in a censored media environment like Russia and fills the void of free media as well as free debate and an independent judicial system.Navalnys videos are funny, clever, precise and shocking, not just angry denunciations of the wrongdoings of government.

  2. Justin Bronk:

    They are no longer bombarding besieged cities so much, trying to dislodge rebels, instead they are trying to assist a more mobile, maneuverable style of engagement.

  3. Joel Batzofin:

    There are women that produce mucus of a thick viscus quality, and it sticks and lodges in there. The fallopian tube at the uterine end is very narrow and it gets blocked in there, so it’s quite easy to imagine that a course of physical therapy is going to soften this up, dislodge it and clear Clear Passage.

  4. Salma Shah:

    This administration wants to unsettle and dislodge establishment institutions that it believes have failed the public for decades, dom is the symbolic figurehead of a group of people who have all wanted this for years. They are tight-knit and very loyal to him.

  5. Anna Zafesova:

    Not only because its one of very few sources of free information about corruption and the abuse of power in Putins Russia, but also because its a sign that Navalny is not just a famous media person, he has dozens of young women and men perfectly capable of carrying on his investigative work. Maybe they are less charismatic than he, but they are proof that the Russian opposition is not only virtual and cannot be silenced with the poisoning of its leader. POISONED KREMLIN CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY OUT OF COMA AND RESPONSIVE: GERMAN HOSPITAL Navalnys spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh and fellow team member Georgi Alburov front the Tatarstan film, and said they were followed and harassed while shooting by men who blocked their paths with quad bikes or lurked nearby. Some dramatic images along those lines appear in the film.Yarmysh talks about how Tatarstan was supposed to be one of Navalnys stops on his late summer swing through Russian regions ahead of elections. Navalny was lobbying forSmart Voting. He argued that ifhe and people like him couldnt run in elections in Russia, the next best thing wasto simply vote for a candidate who is not from the same party as President Vladimir Putin, United Russia. Navalnyfamously called it the party of crooks and thieves and wantedto chip away at its monopoly on power howeverpossible.He believes Smart Voting can eventually dislodge it from power. GERMANY SUGGESTS HALT TO RUSSIA PIPELINE PROJECT, SEEKS COOPERATION WITH NAVALNY POISONING INVESTIGATION In the documentary from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Navalnys team keeps up his stylistic pace with drone video of what itidentifiesas the palatial homes of the regional president and his family, punctuated withvideoof the vast collection of fancy watches from Patek Phillipe to Breguet worn byleaderRustam Minnikhanov. Even if you dont understand Russian, it is compelling TV, Zafesova said. Navalnys investigations have evolved over the years from merely facts and analysis on his blog to full-scale movies.He invented a whole new way to oppose power, a mix of media and politics which is very important in a censored media environment like Russia and fills the void of free media as well as free debate and an independent judicial system.Navalnys videos are funny, clever, precise and shocking, not just angry denunciations of the wrongdoings of government.

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