as in to remove
to forcefully take (something or someone) away from a place or position
The earthquake dislodged several boulders from the cliff. He kicked at the stone to dislodge it.
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Recent Examples of dislodge
Trentman was wearing a helmet but it was dislodged due to the force of the impact.
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Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
Grant couldn’t dislodge from blocks on several successful Jets runs.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The force of the impact caused Strang to land on the windshield of Rigby’s car, police said, and Rigby allegedly continued driving for about eight blocks before Strang was dislodged from the vehicle.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
At the time, police stated that high winds caused the sign — which was attached to a tall pole — to dislodge from its base and fall to the ground, per WDRB, LEX 18, and The Courier-Journal.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
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Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
Grant couldn’t dislodge from blocks on several successful Jets runs.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The force of the impact caused Strang to land on the windshield of Rigby’s car, police said, and Rigby allegedly continued driving for about eight blocks before Strang was dislodged from the vehicle.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
At the time, police stated that high winds caused the sign — which was attached to a tall pole — to dislodge from its base and fall to the ground, per WDRB, LEX 18, and The Courier-Journal.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
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But the lack of transparency and due process are similar, and there are few to no guarantees of the safety of people whom ICE agents remove, often without identifying themselves, and move around without notifying the family or lawyers of the detained.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Slowly but surely, the legal obstacles to taking games overseas have been removed over the past few years.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Hamas fired towards Israeli forces beyond the Yellow Line – the line behind which Israeli troops have withdrawn according to the ceasefire deal – in three separate incidents on Sunday, according to another military official.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Afghanistan withdrew from a Twenty20 international tri-series in Pakistan following the deaths of three local cricketers, which the Afghanistan Cricket Board attributed to military strikes in Paktika province.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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And still, Payton pulled a win from where the Denver sun doesn’t shine, throwing everything in his kitchen sink and then some at the Giants in a 33-point fourth quarter.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Niners on those seven or eight power plays were pulling right guard Dominick Puni.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Dislodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislodge. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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