dislocate
verb
1 dislocate
Move out of position:
— Dislocate joints.
synonyms: luxate, slip, splay.
Roget 44:
be disjoined
&c.;
come off,
fall off,
come to pieces,
fall to pieces;
peel off;
get loose.
disjoin,
disconnect,
disengage,
disunite,
dissociate,
dispair†;
divorce,
part,
dispart†,
detach,
separate,
cut off,
rescind,
segregate;
set apart,
keep apart;
insulate,
isolate;
throw out of gear;
cut adrift;
loose;
unloose,
undo,
unbind,
unchain,
unlock
etc.
(fix)
43,
unpack,
unravel;
disentangle;
set free
etc.
(liberate)
750.
sunder,
divide,
subdivide,
sever,
dissever,
abscind†;
circumcise;
cut;
incide†,
incise;
saw,
snip,
nib,
nip,
cleave,
rive,
rend,
slit,
split,
splinter,
chip,
crack,
snap,
break,
tear,
burst;
rend
&c.,
rend asunder,
rend in twain;
wrench,
rupture,
shatter,
shiver,
cranch†,
crunch,
craunch†,
chop;
cut up,
rip up;
hack,
hew,
slash;
whittle;
haggle,
hackle,
discind†,
lacerate,
scamble†,
mangle,
gash,
hash,
slice.
cut up,
carve,
dissect,
anatomize;
dislimb†;
take to pieces,
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces,
tear to pieces;
tear to tatters,
tear piecemeal,
tear limb from limb;
divellicate†;
skin
etc.
226;
disintegrate,
dismember,
disbranch†,
disband;
disperse
etc.
73;
dislocate,
disjoint;
break up;
mince;
comminute
etc.
(pulverize)
330;
apportion
etc.
786.
part,
part company;
separate,
leave.
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Roget 61:
derange;
disarrange,
misarrange†;
displace,
misplace;
mislay,
discompose,
disorder;
deorganize†,
discombobulate,
disorganize;
embroil,
unsettle,
disturb,
confuse,
trouble,
perturb,
jumble,
tumble;
shuffle,
randomize;
huddle,
muddle,
toss,
hustle,
fumble,
riot;
bring into disorder,
put into disorder,
throw into disorder
etc.
59;
muss [U.S.];
break the ranks,
disconcert,
convulse;
break in upon.
unhinge,
dislocate,
put out of joint,
throw out of gear.
turn topsy-turvy
etc.
(invert)
218;
bedevil;
complicate,
involve,
perplex,
confound;
imbrangle†,
embrangle†,
tangle,
entangle,
ravel,
tousle,
towzle†,
dishevel,
ruffle;
rumple
etc.
(fold)
258.
litter,
scatter;
mix
etc.
41.
rearrange
etc.
148.
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2 dislocate
Put out of its usual place, position, or relationship.
Dutch: ontwrichten
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