Thesaurus: dislocate

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1. v. t. 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. a. Dislocated.
3. v. move out of position
4. v. put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
5. 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. Shak. After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated. Woodward. And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set right again. Fuller. Dislocated. Montgomery.
6. To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of abone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone;to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, todislocate your bones. Shak.After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated.Woodward.And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time,was by the hands of his holiness set right again. Fuller.
7. v:100 v. move out of position v. put out of its usual place, position, or relationship