What does dislocate mean?
Definitions for dislocate
ˈdɪs loʊˌkeɪt, dɪsˈloʊ keɪtdis·lo·cate
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Princeton's WordNet
dislocate, luxate, splay, slipverb
move out of position
"dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
dislocateverb
put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
"The colonists displaced the natives"
Wiktionary
dislocateverb
to put something out of its usual place
dislocateverb
to (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Dislocateverb
Etymology: dis and locus, Latin.
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.
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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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 Dictionary
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
Dislocateadjective
dislocated
Etymology: [LL. dislocatus, p. p.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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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Anagrams for dislocate »
lactoside
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dislocate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dislocate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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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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