Definitions for dislocate
ˈdɪs loʊˌkeɪt, dɪsˈloʊ keɪtdis·lo·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dislocate, luxate, splay, slipverb

   move out of position

   "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

2. dislocateverb

   put out of its usual place, position, or relationship

   "The colonists displaced the natives"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dislocateverb

   to put something out of its usual place

2. dislocateverb

   to (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Dislocateverb

   Etymology: dis and locus, Latin.

   1. To put out of the proper place.

   The strata seemed to have been dislocated, borne from their original site, and distanced by some external power. John Woodward.

   After some time the strata were broken on all sides of the globe, that they were dislocated, and their situation varied, being elevated in some places, and depressed in others. John Woodward.

   2. To put out of joint; to disjoint.

   Were’t my fitness
   To let these hands obey my boiling blood,
   They’re apt enough to dislocate and tear
   Thy flesh and bones. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

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1. dislocate

   To dislocate means to force something, typically a bone or a part of the body, out of its normal position or alignment, often causing pain or discomfort. In a broader sense, it can also mean to disrupt or disturb the normal arrangement or functioning of something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dislocateverb

   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

2. Dislocateadjective

   dislocated

3. Etymology: [LL. dislocatus, p. p.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dislocate

   dis′lō-kāt, 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. [Low L. dislocāre, -ātum—L., dis, apart, locāre, to place.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dislocate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dislocate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of dislocate in a Sentence

1. The President:

   What we're getting ready to have happen is going to probably going to dislocate over 100,000 people -- and 44,000 were dislocated in the Texas storm, this is potentially three or four or five times greater and I will tell you they are prepared as prepared as one can be.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dislocate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dislocate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dislocate
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dislocate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dislocate