dislodgeverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈslɒdʒ/us/dɪˈslɑːdʒ/to remove something or someone, especially by force, from a fixed position:
The earthquake dislodged stones from the walls and the roof.
The Red Sox need two wins to dislodge the Yankees from first place.
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Removing and extracting
- ablate
- clear the decks idiom
- cream sth/sb off
- descale
- drainage
- extract
- gouge
- milk
- pull (sb/sth) out
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- pump
- removable
- remove
- remover
- root
- rout
- scratch
- siphon
- syphon
- take sth away
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
Evicting and forcing to leave