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
  • Without that owner, consolidation just relocates the chaos into a single box.
    — Erik Huberman, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The Connecticut Sun, which moved from Orlando to Connecticut to play at the Mohegan Sun Arena in 2003, are playing their final game Thursday night before the franchise relocates to Houston next season.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of relocates
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  • Supporters say changing the clocks disrupts sleep, increases workplace injuries and contributes to more road accidents.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • These numbers complicate the picture of a state workforce unhappy with a new policy that some workers say disrupts their daily lives and question if returning to the office could bring health risks, longer commutes, lost time and higher gas costs.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of disrupts
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  • Instead of replacing merchandisers, AI removes bottlenecks and gives time and control back to brand teams.
    — Zohar Gilad, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Cash does not mean skipping the closing process Another common misunderstanding is that selling for cash removes the normal legal steps involved in transferring real estate.
    — Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of removes
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  • My brother looks at the floor, mumbles something, and then shuffles away from the table.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The line shuffles forward quickly, and my heart knots in my chest as Heartfillers are dosed to each person up ahead.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of shuffles
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  • Riley was a direct inspiration on the record, and while the Bay Area composer did work with drones, his influence is more poignant here, in the way Schwendener breaks the melody down into pieces and moves them around.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Bits per second is commonly used in BCI research to quantify how quickly and accurately a user can select intended targets, rather than simply measuring how fast a cursor physically moves.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of moves
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  • This confuses each Nyota but also those around them, who note that the Nyotas have rather quickly assumed new hairstyles but also that neither is behaving quite like herself.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Retreat to the previous paragraph if the question confuses you.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of confuses
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  • Rarely anyone shifts the relationship to eventually sit down and ask attendees for their best gift.
    — Sherry Quam Taylor, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The evolution of strategies can lead to stable populations, bistable populations (where the population flips between two stable strategies), or limit cycles, where the population shifts continuously among multiple strategies.
    — Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of shifts
Verb
  • Some of the sightings claim a man wearing clothing typical of the 17th or 18th centuries, a man dressed in Confederate attire in the liquor room, a ghost of a former worker Joseph Hardesty and a female who actively disturbs visitors to her home.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Vibration disturbs the natural sediments in wine, flattening the flavor and aging it prematurely.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026
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“Dislocates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocates. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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