Meaning & use
dislodge
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To force something out of a fixed position.
See it in a sentence
He used a stick to dislodge the ball from the gutter.
The scandal wasn't enough to dislodge the senator from his seat.
A note on using this word
Combines "dis-" with "lodge" (to settle in place), so it literally means to un-settle something from where it has become fixed.
Words with a similar meaning
displacedig out
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Words with an opposite meaning
fixsecure
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