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as in to relocate
to change the place or position of
dislocated his shoulder in the accident
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as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the country's entire social structure was dislocated by the war
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Recent Examples of dislocate
The police report said LaBeouf allegedly dislocated one victim’s nose.
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Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The police report said LaBeouf dislocated one victim’s nose.
—Jack Brook, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
There, Moore suffered a season-ending injury, dislocating his knee during training camp practice.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026
Kim dislocated her shoulder and tore her labrum weeks before the Olympics.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
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Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The police report said LaBeouf dislocated one victim’s nose.
—Jack Brook, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
There, Moore suffered a season-ending injury, dislocating his knee during training camp practice.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026
Kim dislocated her shoulder and tore her labrum weeks before the Olympics.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislocate
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This film is about the government ordering the elderly to relocate to distant housing colonies to maximize economic productivity.—
Adam Bell
April 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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The restructuring will also relocate about 260 positions to Utah and establish 15 state directors.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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The vaccination campaign for measles was disrupted during Bangladesh's recent political upheavals.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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For one project, Cohen tried to disrupt a protein associated with insulin resistance and diabetes.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Prisoners have been moved because of staffing, food, and capacity shortages at the facilities where they were being held.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The rain will start to clear out Sunday evening as the front moves through and begins to usher in drier, but cooler temperatures for next week.—
Bill Kelly,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Rose had collected art her whole life, cared a lot about her paintings, and was disturbed, obviously, by this fact that wasn’t a fact.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Marcet’s intention was certainly not to disturb the religious faith of her young readers, most of whom would have been raised on a literal understanding of the biblical creation story.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The committee ultimately amended the bill to remove vehicular homicide as a crime of violence.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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At the time, Kansas City police chief and former FBI agent Lear Reed was on a campaign to clean up the police force and remove the lingering influences of Pendergast.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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As if that wasn’t confusing enough, not all Christians agree on what day of the calendar that specific Sunday is.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2026
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This was not to be confused with the Ulster Volunteer Force or the Ulster Defence Association, both terrorist organizations that vehemently favored the link with Britain.—
Colm Tóibín,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Stricter rules were imposed on documentation required for sponsors, border agents started pressuring unaccompanied children to self-deport before transferring them to shelters and Immigration and Customs Enforcement started arresting some sponsors in the middle of the release process.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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At safety, Panthers fans surely shed a tear when true-freshman star Jessiah McGrew transferred to Arizona State.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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After the offense was shut out on four hits in Tuesday night’s 2-0 loss to the Angels, Counsell shuffled the lineup.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Instead, Meyerson was shuffled to three different ALFs in six months — from Hialeah to Kendall to Homestead.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Dislocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocate. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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