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dislocate
dislocate is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones.
- 2adjective
Dislocated.
- 3verb
put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
"The colonists displaced the natives"
- 4verb
move out of position
"dislocate joints"
"the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
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