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DISLOCATE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does dislocate mean?

• DISLOCATE (verb)
The verb DISLOCATE has 2 senses:

1. move out of position
2. put out of its usual place, position, or relationship

Familiarity information: DISLOCATE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DISLOCATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Move out of position

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dislocate; luxate; splay; slip

Context examples:

dislocate joints / the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically

Hypernyms (to "dislocate" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

dislocate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Put out of its usual place, position, or relationship

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dislocate; displace

Context example:

The colonists displaced the natives

Hypernyms (to "dislocate" is one way to...):

resettle (settle in a new place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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