dislodge

2 definitions • 4 examples

to remove something or someone, especially by force, from a fixed position:

dislodge someone/something from something The earthquake dislodged stones from the walls and the roof.

The Red Sox need two wins to dislodge the Yankees from first place.

to force someone or something from a place or position:

Heavy rains have dislodged big slabs of sidewalk in front of the school.

It took a professional trapper to dislodge a family of raccoons from my cottage.