'Dislocate' definitions:

Definition of 'dislocate'

(from WordNet)
verb
Move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" [syn: dislocate, luxate, splay, slip]
verb
Put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"

Definition of 'Dislocate'

From: GCIDE
  • Dislocate \Dis"lo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dislocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dislocating.] [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of dislocare; dis- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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]

Definition of 'Dislocate'

From: GCIDE
  • Dislocate \Dis"lo*cate\, a. [LL. dislocatus, p. p.] Dislocated. --Montgomery. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'dislocate'

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