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   dislocate

   /ˈdɪsləkeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. disturb the normal position of (a bone in a joint): "he dislocated his shoulder in training" Similar put out of jointput out of placedisplacedisjointdisconnectdisengageinformal:put outluxatesubluxatedated:sliprare:unjoint
   • ▪ disturb the organization of; disrupt: "trade was dislocated by a famine" Similar disruptdisturbthrow into disorderthrow into disarraythrow into confusionconfusedisorganizedisorderdisarrangederangeturn upside-downinformal:mess up
   • ▪ move from its proper place or position: "the symbol is dislocated from its political context"

   Word Origin late 16th century: probably a back-formation from dislocation, but perhaps from medieval Latin dislocatus ‘moved from a former position’, from the verb dislocare.

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