dislocate (verb)

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• dislocate — ► VERB 1) displace (a bone) from its proper position in a joint. 2) put out of order; disrupt …   English terms dictionary

• dislocate — I verb agitate, cast out, complicate, confound, confuse, derail, derange, disarrange, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dislodge, disorder, disorganize, disorient, displace, disturb, disunite, eject, evacuate, evict, expel, luxate, mislay, misplace …   Law dictionary

• dislocate — verb Dislocate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arm, ↑elbow, ↑finger, ↑hip, ↑jaw, ↑joint, ↑wrist …   Collocations dictionary

• dislocate — verb a) to put something out of its usual place b) to (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint Syn: displace …   Wiktionary

• dislocate — verb (T) 1 to injure a joint so that the two bones at the joint are moved out of their normal position: I dislocated my shoulder playing football. 2 to spoil the way in which a plan, system, or service is arranged, so that it cannot work… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dislocate — verb 1) she dislocated her hip Syn: put out of joint; informal put out; Medicine luxate 2) trade was dislocated by a famine Syn: disrupt, disturb, throw into disarray, throw into confusion, play havoc with, interfere with, disorganize, upset …   Thesaurus of popular words

• dislocate — [[t]dɪ̱sləkeɪt[/t]] dislocates, dislocating, dislocated 1) VERB If you dislocate a bone or joint in your body, or someone else s body, it moves out of its proper position in relation to other bones, usually in an accident. [V n] Harrison… …   English dictionary

• dislocate — UK [ˈdɪsləkeɪt] / US [ˈdɪsləˌkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms dislocate : present tense I/you/we/they dislocate he/she/it dislocates present participle dislocating past tense dislocated past participle dislocated 1) to do something that forces… …   English dictionary

• dislocate — transitive verb Etymology: Medieval Latin dislocatus, past participle of dislocare, from Latin dis + locare to locate Date: 1601 1. to put out of place; specifically to displace (a bone) from normal connections with another bone 2. to force a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dislocate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. displace, disarrange; disjoin, disarticulate. See disjunction, discontinuance. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To displace] Syn. disorder, disrupt, upset, disturb; see confuse , disorganize . 2. [To… …   English dictionary for students

• dislocate — dis|lo|cate [ dıslə,keıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to do something that forces a bone out of its normal position in its SOCKET: He had dislocated his shoulder in training. 2. ) to cause changes that spoil the way something usually works or happens ╾ …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English