DISLODGE Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

dislodge

verb

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 The easiest to do that with might be David Moller Wolfe, who has been unable to dislodge Hugo Bueno from the team but who has generally performed satisfactorily when called up in his debut season. —

Steve Madeley, New York Times, 12 May 2026 Orban’s loss in Hungary immediately dislodged Russia’s most powerful point of leverage in European politics. —

Lena Surzhko Harned, The Conversation, 7 May 2026 Seven years ago, CBS News Philadelphia reported that a powerful storm dislodged a drain pipe at Mount Zion Cemetery. —

Joe Holden, CBS News, 5 May 2026 Big boats from the German Federal Coast Guard then motored by in an attempt to dislodge the whale with its wake. —

Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dislodge

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The attorney general will pick who disburses money from the fund and the president can remove any of those people, according to the DOJ.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 19 May 2026
This was the era of decolonization, when nation-states delivered one-third of humanity from the humiliation of imperial rule, restoring political autonomy and dignity where they had long been removed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026