Dislocate

['dɪsləkeɪt] or ['dɪsloket]

Definition

(verb.) put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; 'The colonists displaced the natives'.

(verb.) move out of position; 'dislocate joints'; 'the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones.

(a.) Dislocated.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Displace, disarrange, disturb, put out of place or out of order.[2]. Disjoint, luxate, put out of joint.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See LOCATE]

Typist: Maura

Definition

v.t. to displace: to put out of joint.—adv. Dislocā′tedly.—n. Dislocā′tion a dislocated joint: displacement: (geol.) a 'fault ' or displacement of stratified rocks.

Checker: Sondra