dislocated; dislocating; dislocates
Definition of dislocate
1
: to put out of place
specifically
: to displace (a bone) from normal connections with another bone
2
: to force a change in the usual status, relationship, or order of : disrupt
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The first known use of dislocate was in 1601
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