dislocates

verb

present tense third-person singular of dislocate
1
as in relocates
to change the place or position of dislocated his shoulder in the accident

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2
as in disrupts
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 dislocates Louis rips his spine out, dislocates his jaw, and reads Claudia’s diary entries about how she was repeatedly assaulted by him. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 June 2026 Boy in the 1700s dislocates his shoulder. — Reshma Gopaldas, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026 Zoey was allegedly diagnosed with Nursemaid’s elbow, a common elbow injury among young children and toddlers that occurs when a child’s elbow is pulled and one of the bones partially dislocates. — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislocates
  1. relocates
  2. disrupts
  3. removes
  4. shuffles
  5. moves
  6. confuses
  7. shifts
  8. disturbs
Verb
  • In summer, the investment team relocates together out east, in Bridgehampton.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Her grieving father temporarily relocates the family to Donegal, Ireland, which in 1973, as O’Donnell reminds us, was reeling from its very own Troubles.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 July 2026
Definition of relocates
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  • Their venom disrupts blood clotting and can cause uncontrolled bleeding, shock, kidney damage, and organ failure.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Many sleep and health experts argue that changing clocks twice a year disrupts the body's natural rhythm.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of disrupts
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  • Critics argue that the shortcut removes the layer of oversight that protects patients from the mistakes that have shaped every prior generation of gene therapy.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The clock stops once the rider removes his hand from the rope or touches anything with his free arm.
    — Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of removes
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  • On a cloudy-white Sunday morning in June, Joey Phelps shuffles into the familiar back pew of Yeakley Chapel, the small Methodist church that has been a part of his life for nearly 50 years.
    — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2026
  • As though on cue, Wardrobe — my beloved, and giant, closet — shuffles over from the corner of my room, the mahogany wood groaning with the effort.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of shuffles
Verb
  • Pitch a idea for a team huddle, and let your expressive style set a cooperative tone that moves decisions forward.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The judge’s order paused the rollout of the surcharge on high-value second homes in the city while a lawsuit brought by a group of homeowners moves forward.
    — Katherine Koretski, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of moves
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  • Any adversary who confuses media noise with American weakness will discover the truth the hard way.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • These opportunists drown out the core mission, creating a cacophony of competing voices that confuses donors, crowd the inboxes of CEOs and members of Congress with colliding petitions, and paralyzes meaningful action by draining critical funding and attention away from the truly effective groups.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026
Definition of confuses
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  • This discussion point also shifts the conversation from staying in the past towards the future.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The film joins Totem’s sales slate as the company shifts its primary focus to production.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of shifts
Verb
  • Tilling or plowing in the summer disturbs the soil's delicate ecosystem and exposes moist soil to rapid water loss.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
  • The pier in Michigan City’s Washington Park disturbs the natural flow of sand along the lakeshore, creating new land east of the pier but starving beaches to the west, an erosion problem repeated by other manmade structures that jut out into Lake Michigan.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Definition of disturbs

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