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as in relocates
to change the place or position of
dislocated his shoulder in the accident
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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.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
Boy in the 1700s dislocates his shoulder.
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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.
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Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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.
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Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislocates
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Ruben’s modern twist on Northanger focused on a young American literature teacher named Catherine Winslet, who relocates to Bath to ghostwrite the memoirs of her eccentric idol, Mrs Daftwood.
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Released in 2004, Mean Girls starred Lohan as Cady Heron, who, after years of being homeschooled, relocates with her family from Africa and begins attending high school in the States.
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Each surgery disrupts blood supply to the skin and lays down a new layer of scar tissue, meaning the risks compound with every procedure.
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Xenotransplantation disrupts this trajectory.
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Since the early 1980s, Earth scientists have understood that erosion and weathering of rock slowly removes CO2 from the atmosphere, regulating Earth’s climate on geological timescales.
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For parents of younger children especially, a legal line drawn externally removes a fight that has previously had to be won solo, at home, against enormous social pressure.
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At the sound of morning prayers, an older Clarissa awakens from this dream and shuffles out to her lawn, where the leafy bush has been replaced with the industrial skyline of Lagos.
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Tristan returns home and greets James while Siegfried shuffles the woman out the window.
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This risk decreases as the storm moves away.
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Mars moves into Gemini today, pushing to speak and act quickly.
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But nobody confuses Harvard Extension School classes with the real thing.
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If a neighbor or sibling confuses the thread, summarize and invite a decision.
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However, curators say that framing fans as fine art intentionally shifts the perception of what a world-class museum can present.
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This pivotal 106th career triumph dramatically shifts the narrative, proving Hamilton remains a serious championship contender.
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Tilling or plowing in the summer disturbs the soil's delicate ecosystem and exposes moist soil to rapid water loss.
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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.
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“Dislocates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocates. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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