dislodge

Etymology

From Middle English disloggen, from Old French deslogier. Compare French déloger.

verb

1. (transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
   In 1955, No. 30783, after a collision with an H15 4-6-0 at Bournemouth in which its right-hand cylinder was dislodged, required very extensive frame renewals. 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160
   Hinshelwood says he had "the biggest smile on my face for a long time" when he learned no rocks from the 2019 project had been dislodged by the 2020 deluge. August 26 2020, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 61
2. (intransitive) To move or go from a dwelling or former position.
3. (transitive, figurative) To force out of a secure or settled position.
   The country’s first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other. November 7, 2012, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times