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DISLOCATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put out of its usual place, position, or relationship

Example:

The colonists displaced the natives

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dislocate" is one way to...):

displace (cause to move, usually with force or pressure)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

dislocation (the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue)

dislocation (an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity)

dislocation (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move out of position

Example:

the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically

Synonyms:

dislocate; luxate; slip; splay

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dislocate" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dislocation (an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity)

dislocation (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))

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 Context examples: 

Once you dislocate a shoulder or kneecap, you are more likely to dislocate it again.

(Dislocations, NIH)

You can also dislocate your finger and toe joints.

(Dislocations, NIH)

You can dislocate your ankles, knees, shoulders, hips, elbows and jaw.

(Dislocations, NIH)