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dislocate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb dislocate has 2 senses
- dislocate(v = verb.change) luxate, slip, splay - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" is one way to displace, move
- dislocate(v = verb.change) Array - put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives" is one way to displace
Derived forms noun dislocation1, noun dislocation3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun dislocation2, noun dislocation1, noun dislocation3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dislocate, v.tr.
1 disturb the normal connection of (esp. a joint in the body).
2 disrupt; put out of order.
3 displace.
1 disturb the normal connection of (esp. a joint in the body).
2 disrupt; put out of order.
3 displace.
Etymology
prob. back-form. f. DISLOCATION
THESAURUS
dislocate
clutter, derange, disarrange, disarray, disarticulate, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, disorder, disorganize, displace, disrupt, disturb, jumble, litter, luxate, mess, mess up, misarrange, mix up, muss, muss up, remove, ruffle, rummage, rumple, scatter, shift, ship, tousle, transfer, unhinge, unjoint, unseatROGET THESAURUS
dislocate
Disjunction
VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.Derangement
VB derange, disarrange, misarrange, displace, misplace, mislay, discompose, disorder, deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize, embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble, shuffle, randomize, huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot, bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder, muss, break the ranks, disconcert, convulse, break in upon, unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear, turn topsy-turvy, bedevil, complicate, involve, perplex, confound, imbrangle, embrangle, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, litter, scatter, mix, rearrange.
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