dislocate

[US]/ˈdɪsləkeɪt/
[UK]/ˈdɪsloʊkeɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt.cause (bones) to be out of joint;cause disorder in (traffic, affairs, etc.)
Word Forms
Past Participledislocated
Third Person Singulardislocates
Present Participledislocating
Past Tensedislocated
Pluraldislocates

Example Sentences

trade was dislocated by a famine.

Traffic was dislocated by the snowstorm.

he dislocated his shoulder in training.

the symbol is dislocated from its political context.

What he said dislocated her mind.

a continuing drought that dislocated the state's economy.

The football player dislocated his shoulder.

Traffic was badly dislocated by the heavy fall of snow.

she went into a fence and dislocated her hip.

Fauchelevent had dislocated his kneepan in his fall.

He dislocated his shoulder in the football game.

Methods All patients with dislocated-lens underwent pars plana vitrectomy and lensectomy.

Method: Made the single coxae dislocate model of twelve rabbits (4 months) via the operation, after 4, 6, 8 weeks, observed the coxae disloc ation and artificial acetabulum form.

Real-world Examples

Help, how do I know if I've dislocated it?

Source: Connection Magazine

Remember we always want to cut where we can see. I can even dislocate.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

I look back up at the man with the cane and say, “Please tell me it's just dislocated.”

Source: Stephen King on Writing

For example, if an eye lens dislocates, it can be removed and replaced by an artificial lens.

Source: Osmosis - Genetics

You, uh, dislocate those two fingers and smack him on the hand.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 6

Read these books' dislocated phrases and poetry can be found in it, too.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

I hope that you and the president don't dislocate your shoulders by patting yourself on the back, saying, good job.

Source: PBS English News

And - I think you'd have to be laughing really hard to do this - to get a dislocated jaw.

Source: 6 Minute English

One study found that children with a dislocated hip were more likely than to develop misaligned teeth and Jaws.

Source: WIL Life Revelation

Types of DNS: 1. Anterior dislocation: The nasal septum is dislocated into one of the nasal chambers.

Source: Daily Life Medical Science Popularization

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