Dictionary entries for 'dislocate'

Synonyms

dis·lo·cate (dĭślō-kāt́, dĭs-lṓkāt)

[Medieval Latin dislocāre, dislocāt-, dis-, dis-, + Latin locāre, to place (from locus, place).]

transitive verb: -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship.
To displace (a body part), especially to displace a bone from its normal position.
To throw into confusion or disorder; disrupt: a continuing drought that dislocated the state's economy.