to remove from or leave a lodging place, hiding place, or previously fixed position
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dis•lodge /dɪsˈlɑdʒ/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], -lodged, -lodg•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- to remove or force out of a particular place:We needed a bulldozer to dislodge the rock.
dis•lodge
(dis loj′),USA pronunciation v., -lodged, -lodg•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
dis•lodg′ment;
[esp. Brit.,] dis•lodge′ment, n.
v.t.
- to remove or force out of a particular place:to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- to drive out of a hiding place, a military position, etc.
v.i.
- to go from a place of lodgment.
- Old French desloger, equivalent. to des- dis-1 + loger to lodge
- late Middle English disloggen 1400–50
[esp. Brit.,] dis•lodge′ment, n.
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