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dislodge

/dɪsˈlɒdʒ/ verb C1
  1. To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied. (transitive)
  2. To move or go from a dwelling or former position. (intransitive)
  3. To force out of a secure or settled position. (figuratively, transitive)

He/she/it dislodges · Past dislodged · Past participle dislodged · -ing form dislodging

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Verb forms

Base form
dislodge
He/she/it
dislodges
Past
dislodged
Past participle
dislodged
-ing form
dislodging

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Kaa had only just worked his way over the west wall, landing with a wrench that dislodged a coping stone into the ditch.
The Jungle Book, p. 56 · B2
Once, I remember, as we passed over the Gemmi, and walked along the border of the melancholy Daubensee, a large rock which had been dislodged from the ridge upon our right clattered down and roared into the lake behind us.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 119 · B2

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