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# dislodge

«dislodge» in Mova's school dictionary: **To knock, push or force something out of the place where…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (dislodge, dislodges, dislodged, dislodging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To knock, push or force something out of the place where it was stuck or fixed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislodge/#m1)

2) To make someone leave a position, job or place, especially by force. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislodge/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety and first aid lessons, back blows can dislodge food stuck in someone's throat. In everyday life you dislodge a stuck ball from a tree or a stone from a shoe. In stories and history, armies try to dislodge enemies from a hill or castle. Phrases: «dislodge from», «dislodge something stuck».

### examples

- He used a stick to dislodge the ball from the gutter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislodge/#x1)
- Back blows can dislodge food from a choking person's throat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislodge/#x2)
- The storm dislodged tiles from the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislodge/#x3)
- She shook her shoe to dislodge a stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislodge/#x4)
- The soldiers could not dislodge the enemy from the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislodge/#x5)
- A loose rock was dislodged and rolled down the cliff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislodge/#x6)
- Kaa had only just worked his way over the west wall, landing with a wrench that dislodged a coping stone into the ditch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislodge/#x7)

### note

Past «dislodged». Pattern: «dislodge something from somewhere». Safety: if someone is choking, call for an adult and emergency help immediately.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dislodge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislodge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.