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dis⋅lodge

  [dis-loj] verb, -lodged, -lodg⋅ing.
Use dislodged 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.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME disloggen < OF desloger, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + loger to lodge

Related forms:
dis⋅lodg⋅ment; especially British, dis⋅lodge⋅ment, noun
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dis·lodge   (dĭs-lŏj')   
v.   dis·lodged, dis·lodg·ing, dis·lodg·es

v.   tr.
To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
v.   intr.
To move or go from a dwelling or former position.

[Middle English disloggen, from Old French deslogier : des-, dis- + logier, to lodge (from loge, shed, of Germanic origin).]
dis·lodge'ment, dis·lodg'ment n.
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