| dislocat | I'm afraid I dislocated my right arm. |
| dislocat | I was laughing so hard I nearly dislocated my jaw. |
| dislocat | The country's economy was dislocated by the war. |
| dislocat | Which joint did you dislocate? |
| dislocate | (v) move out of position, Syn. splay, slip, luxate, Example: dislocate joints; the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically |
| dislocate | (v) put out of its usual place, position, or relationship, Example: The colonists displaced the natives |
| dislocation | (n) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity, Syn. disruption |
| dislocation | (n) the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue, Syn. breakdown, Example: the social dislocations resulting from government policies; his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London |
| dislocation | (n) a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) |
| Dislocate | v. t. After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dislocate | a. [ LL. dislocatus, p. p. ] Dislocated. Montgomery. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| dislocated | adj. separated at the joint; -- used especially of limbs; |
| Dislocation | n. [ Cf. F. dislocation. ] |