dislocate
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dislocate
- /dɪsləʊˈkeɪt/ UK
- /dɪsˈloʊkeɪt/ US
verb dislocates · dislocating · dislocated
- To put something out of its usual place.
- To emotionally jar, unsettle, or disorient. Jarman is out to shock us, not only with some explicit sexuality (as much as he can get away with and still have his film funded by the BBC) but also with a dislocating juxtaposition of historical detail and sensibility.
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To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.
Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be sei
Similar: luxate
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verb to put something out of its usual place
| Español | desencajar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 弄亂 /弄乱 nòngluàn |
verb to dislodge a bone
| Español | dislocar, descoyuntar, luxar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 脱臼する dakkyū suru |
| 中文 | 脫臼 /脱臼 tuōjiù |
| Português | deslocar |
| Français | disloquer, luxer, déboîter |
| Deutsch | auskugeln, ausrenken, verrenken, dislozieren |
| Italiano | slogare, lussare |
| Ελληνικά | εξαρθρώνω exarthróno |
| Română | disloca |
| Русский | выви́хивать vyvíxivatʹ, вы́вихнуть vývixnutʹ |
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