- 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.
Meaning of 'dislocate' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . dislocate
[ v]
Meaning (1): - move out of position
Example in sentence:
dislocate joints;
the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
Meaning (2): - put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
Dislocated civilian Dislocated civilian refers to a broad term primarily used by the Department of Defense that includes a displaced person, an evacuee, an internally displaced person ...