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LUXATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

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 "luxate" 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:

luxation (displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ)

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