to dislodge
- verb
- /dɪsˈlɑːdʒ/
- The Heimlich maneuver is a technique to help dislodge a foreign body in a case of choking.
- an attempt to dislodge
- difficult to dislodge
- failed to dislodge
I have dislodged them from my spirit and soul.
- I have dislodged them from my spirit and soul.
- But I do believe in their areas of strength, it's hard to to dislodge them.
- But in the medieval world, it is a problem to dislodge people from property because most property is in land.
- How do we dislodge the embedded racial hierarchies that are built into our technology itself?
- We cannot allow ourselves to be dislodged from our position as the dominant species on this planet.
- So these are not people who are easy to dislodge, and they are people who tend to want their power to be not appointive but hereditary.
- And I reacted and I managed to dislodge the chimp from my chest.
- Each page is a cleansing bristle that dislodges.
Examples
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But as he was leaving, a huge boulder dislodged from the hillside rolled down and blocked his driveway.
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We have to dislodge this barge so we can flip these houses.
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We'll dislodge it and the big rock will move.
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And anyway, what makes you think I could dislodge part of the church roof?
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Well, many knights tried to dislodge it, but they failed.
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Sometimes the mere fact of having stopped pushing will dislodge the block and do away with it.
Academic text (2009) -
Crash caused the bubble to dislodge.
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I think it's hard to dislodge institutions with that much inertia.
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Pressure, a sharp blow, even a violent sneeze could dislodge it.
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The Heimlich maneuver is a technique to help dislodge food that is stuck in someone's throat.
Synonyms
To move something or someone away from a place
To remove something from a place or container
Move someone or something from one place to another
To release someone or something that is held
Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
To make a person leave their usual place or job
To move someone to a lower job or position
To stop being part of or connected to something
To take something off from where it is attached
To pull a plant out of the ground or force people to leave home
To make someone or something leave a place
Force someone to leave a place
To remove a leader from office, often by force
Free a person or thing from something that traps them
To come apart from something it is connected to
Remove people completely from a place or group because they are unwanted
To pull something off quickly with force
Remove chains and other things that hold someone so they are free
To open something by undoing a button or zipper
To move something from its normal place and make it stop working or fitting
To free something by untying ropes or cords
To come off a larger thing, often because of force or damage
To make something come out with effort, for example a hidden object or a secret
To come away from something it was stuck to
To separate something from what it is connected to
To release a boat or ship from its ropes so it can move
To release something that is tied or fastened so it can move away
To free something that is stuck by removing what blocks it so it can move again
Take something off a wall or surface
Make people leave their home and feel lost
To pull out a nail or stake pushed into something
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Etymology
Dislodge is made of dis- meaning 'away' and lodge meaning 'place' or 'to fix', so it means to move something 'away from its place'.