dislodge
Use Dislodge in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
2.
to drive out of a hiding place, a military position, etc.
verb (used without object)
3.
to go from a place of lodgment.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To dislodge
00:10
Dislodge
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is distraught. Does it mean:
| distracted; deeply agitated. |
| to refuse to allow; reject; veto: |
Collins
World English Dictionary
dislodge (dɪsˈlɒdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to remove from or leave a lodging place, hiding place, or previously fixed position | |
| dis'lodgment | |
| —n | |
| dis'lodgement | |
| —n | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
dislodge
c.1400, from O.Fr. desloger "to leave or cause to leave a lodging place," from des- "do the opposite of" + loger (see lodge). Related: Dislodged.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Example sentences
If the detonator is exposed, they may continue firing to dislodge or destroy it.
The street clashes alone seem unlikely to dislodge him.
Turning it upside down and gently shaking it might dislodge stuff, too.
But here, too, bioengineering and genetic enhancement threaten to dislodge it.
Matching Quote
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
