Dislodge vs Obstruction - What's the difference?
dislodge | obstruction |
To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
*1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
*:Yet I hoped by grouting at the earth below it to be able to dislodge the stone at the side; but while I was considering how best to begin, the candle flickered, the wick gave a sudden lurch to one side, and I was left in darkness.
To move or go from a dwelling or former position.
* Milton
(figurative) To force out of a secure or settled position.
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, passage=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.}}
The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
As a verb dislodge
is to remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.As a noun obstruction is
the act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.dislodge
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Verb
(dislodg)- Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round / Lodge and dislodge by turns.
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