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dis·lo·cate
(dĭs′lō-kāt′, dĭs-lō′kāt)tr.v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates
1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship.
2. To displace (a body part), especially to displace a bone from its normal position.
3. To throw into confusion or disorder; disrupt: a continuing drought that dislocated the state's economy.
[Medieval Latin dislocāre, dislocāt- : dis-, dis- + Latin locāre, to place (from locus, place).]
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dislocate
(ˈdɪsləˌkeɪt)vb (tr)
1. to disrupt or shift out of place or position
2. (Medicine) to displace (an organ or part) from its normal position, esp a bone from its joint
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dis•lo•cate
(ˈdɪs loʊˌkeɪt, dɪsˈloʊ keɪt)v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing.
1. to put out of place; put out of proper relative position.
2. to put out of joint or out of position, as a limb or an organ.
3. to throw out of order; disrupt.
[1595–1605; < Medieval Latin dislocātus, past participle of dislocāre= Latin dis- dis-1 + locāre to place]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
dislocate
Past participle: dislocated
Gerund: dislocating
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| Verb | 1. | dislocate - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" |
| 2. | dislocate - put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives" displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
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dislocate
verb
1. put out of joint, disconnect, disengage, unhinge, disunite, disjoint, disarticulate, luxate (Medical) She had dislocated her shoulder in the fall.
2. disrupt, confuse, disturb, disorder, disorganize, throw into disarray The strike was designed to dislocate the economy.
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dislocate
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Translations
يَخْلَع
vykloubitvymknoutpřesunout
forvride
fara úr liîi
išnarinimasišnarinti
izmežģīt
vykĺbiť si
yerinden çıkarmak/ oynatmak
dislocate
[ˈdɪsləʊkeɪt] VT2. (= disrupt) [+ traffic] → trastornar; [+ plans] → trastocar
3. (= displace) [+ person] → desplazar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dislocate
[ˈdɪsləkeɪt] vt [+ shoulder, elbow, hip, ankle, jaw, finger] → disloquer, déboîter
He has dislocated his shoulder → Il s'est disloqué l'épaule.
He has dislocated his shoulder → Il s'est disloqué l'épaule.
(= disrupt) [+ service] → désorganiser; [+ system, process] → bouleverser
(= force to move) [+ worker, refugee] → déplacer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dislocate
vt (Med) → verrenken, ausrenken; (fig) plans → durcheinanderbringen; to dislocate one’s shoulder → sich (dat) → den Arm auskugeln
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dislocate
[ˈdɪsləʊkeɪt] vt (Med) → slogare, lussare (fig) (plans) → scombussolarehe dislocated his shoulder → si è lussato una spalla
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dislocate
(ˈdisləkeit) , ((American) -lou-) verb to put (a bone) out of joint; to displace. She dislocated her hip when she fell.
ˌdisloˈcation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
dis·lo·cate
v. dislocar, descoyuntar, desencajar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
dislocate
vt luxarse, dislocarse; How did he dislocate his shoulder?..¿Cómo se dislocó el hombro?English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.