Words Like DISLOCATE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to DISLOCATE.
4 Alternative Words Similar to dislocate
2 examples of dislocate
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to dislocate your bones
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the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
10 definitions of dislocate
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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.
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put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
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To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship.
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To displace (a body part), especially to displace a bone from its normal position.
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To throw into confusion or disorder; disrupt: a continuing drought that dislocated the state's economy.
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To displace; put out of regular place or position; hence, to interrupt the continuity or order of; throw out of order; disjoint; derange.
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In surgery, to put out of joint or out of position, as a limb or an organ; particularly, to displace from the socket of the joint, as a bone; luxate; disjoint, as by violence.