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as in to relocate
to change the place or position of
dislocated his shoulder in the accident
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as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the country's entire social structure was dislocated by the war
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Mateo dislocated his left elbow during a game against the Miami Marlins last month.
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Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024
While chatting with Men’s Health in 2022, the actor admitted to suffering various injuries over the course of a year and a half, including tearing his anterior cruciate ligament, dislocating his shoulder, breaking his wrist, and throwing his back out.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2024
Then on the Boston Celtics, Hayward fractured his tibia and dislocated his ankle just minutes into the season opener.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
Instead, Sharp and the others went from dolphin to dolphin, rolling those that were on their sides onto their bellies and then hand-digging the sand out from beneath the dolphins’ nine-inch pectoral fins so the appendages wouldn’t dislocate.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 19 July 2024
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Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024
While chatting with Men’s Health in 2022, the actor admitted to suffering various injuries over the course of a year and a half, including tearing his anterior cruciate ligament, dislocating his shoulder, breaking his wrist, and throwing his back out.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2024
Then on the Boston Celtics, Hayward fractured his tibia and dislocated his ankle just minutes into the season opener.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
Instead, Sharp and the others went from dolphin to dolphin, rolling those that were on their sides onto their bellies and then hand-digging the sand out from beneath the dolphins’ nine-inch pectoral fins so the appendages wouldn’t dislocate.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 19 July 2024
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“Dislocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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