dislodgement, -lodgment
(dɪsˈlɒdʒmənt)
[f. dislodge v. + -ment; cf. F. délogement, older des-.]
The act of dislodging; removal of anything from the place where it is lodged; displacement.
| 1728 Morgan Algiers II. iv. 267 He told them, their Dislodgement was resolved on. 1737 L. Clarke Hist. Bible 11, They continued thereabout, making..eighteen several Removes or Dislodgments, and at last they returned to Kadesh Barnea. 1864 in Webster. 1870 Echo 11 Nov., The chance dislodgement of a party of Prussians by a band of Franc⁓tireurs. 1876 Bartholow Mat. Med. (1879) 457 [Sulphate of Copper] also occasionally used in croup, to effect the dislodgment of the false membrane. |