DISLODGING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

dislodging

verb

present participle of dislodge

as in removing

to forcefully take (something or someone) away from a place or position The earthquake dislodged several boulders from the cliff. He kicked at the stone to dislodge it.

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Recent Examples of dislodging Hologic started a recall in January following reports of metal and plastic pieces dislodging from the needles and getting stuck in patients’ bodies. —

Annika Inampudi, Fortune, 17 June 2026 Rinse the pan with hot water, dislodging any remaining bits of food with a sponge or pot scrubber. —

Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 May 2026 Trump blasted Cassidy as voters went to polls Trump called out Cassidy again as Pelican State voters were flocking to the polls, further underscoring his commitment to dislodging GOP dissenters. —

Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 May 2026 Beijing has made major economic inroads across South America in recent decades, dislodging the US to become the region’s biggest trading partner. —

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Easier, maybe, to imagine Blume rejecting the general proposition of an author biography, which seeks to root a subject’s work in their specific experiences, dislodging them from a supposedly neutral or unmarked position. —

Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026 Add on an ear cleaning for 168 renminbi, a service that involves dislodging earwax with a tuning fork. —

Erin Vivid Riley, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026 Easier, maybe, to imagine Blume rejecting the general proposition of an author biography, which seeks to root a subject’s work in their specific experiences, dislodging them from a supposedly neutral or unmarked position. —

Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026 By 1997’s The Cry, the first album released under his Placid Angles moniker, Beltran had drifted even further into new-age sounds, the beats dislodging themselves and seemingly hanging in mid-air. —

Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislodging

Verb

Having clarity around service charges is the only way eateries can survive, said restaurateur Eddie Pozzuoli, who runs Eddie & Vinny’s in Coral Springs — because the only alternative to removing fees is hiking prices.

— Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026
Lemon can be used for everything from freshening bed linens to removing stains from clothes–including cleaning your microwave.

— Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 June 2026

Definition of removing

Verb

While conventional wisdom had long been that consumers should build up a certain level of savings — six months' worth of living expenses, for example — those who study the accounts now consider saving to be a dynamic process of paying in, withdrawing, and then replenishing.

— Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 23 June 2026
The military held a similar security strip from 1985 until 2000, before withdrawing after years of steady casualties, a toll that is accumulating once again.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 23 June 2026

Definition of withdrawing

Verb

Workers were dispatched throughout La Guaira and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers have spent the last few days pulling survivors and bodies from the wreckage despite a lack of heavy equipment and limited guidance from authorities.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Rescuers have fanned out across La Guaira, where the worst destruction occurred, and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers have spent days pulling survivors and victims from the rubble.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026