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English Dictionary: dislodge by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dislodge
v
  1. remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"
    Synonym(s): dislodge, free
    Antonym(s): deposit, lodge, stick, wedge
  2. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"
    Synonym(s): shift, dislodge, reposition
  3. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
    Synonym(s): dislodge, bump
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dislodge \Dis*lodge"\, v. i.
      To go from a place of rest. [R.]
  
               Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round Lodge and
               dislodge by turns.                                 --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dislodge \Dis*lodge"\, n.
      Dwelling apart; separation. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dislodge \Dis*lodge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dislodged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Dislodging}.] [OF. deslogier, F. d[82]loger; pref.
      des- (L. dis-) + OF. logier, F. loger. See {Lodge}.]
      1. To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a
            place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at
            a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms.
  
      2. To drive out from a place of hiding or defense; as, to
            dislodge a deer, or an enemy.
  
                     The Volscians are dislodg'd.               --Shak.
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