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DISLODGE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

Example:

The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space

Synonyms:

bump; dislodge

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "dislodge" is one way to...):

displace (cause to move, usually with force or pressure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dislodge"):

throw (cause to fall off)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

dislodgement (forced removal from a position of advantage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove or force out from a position

Example:

He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble

Synonyms:

dislodge; free

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "dislodge" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

lodge (put, fix, force, or implant)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Change place or direction

Example:

Shift one's position

Synonyms:

dislodge; reposition; shift

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "dislodge" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dislodge"):

beat down (dislodge from a position)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

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 Context examples: 

Even when dislodged, he still kept the letter in his mouth; and on my endeavouring to take it from him, at the imminent risk of being bitten, he kept it between his teeth so pertinaciously as to suffer himself to be held suspended in the air by means of the document.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)