to dislocate

Examples

• All

• So the good news is nothing's broken, but you did dislocate your shoulder pretty badly.

  The Holdovers (2023)

• I dislocated my shoulder once.

  Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

• I tried to stop it, but I think it dislocated my shoulder.

  Rage of the Yeti (2011)

• I think you dislocated your jaw.

  Copshop (2021)

• And thank God, too, that two months earlier her mother had fallen and dislocated her hip.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Overall draft pick Ryan Murray dislocated his shoulder in a fall to the ice.

  Blog text (24)

• I confirmed that baby L'lan has a dislocated hip, but I think we can treat that here.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Her left shoulder is dislocated, and her right elbow is also dislocated.

  The Demon Deep in Oklahoma (2013)

• When one fighter complains of a dislocated shoulder, the doc climbs into the ring to examine him.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Showed up with a dislocated shoulder, facial fracture, ruptured spleen.

  Peppermint (2018)

Synonyms

D

to dislodge

vsto dislocate

29 6.1

To force something or someone out of a place where they are stuck

is specific to a bone or joint being moved out of its normal position

S

to slip

vsto dislocate

• Specialized

29 7.2

To move out of its normal position, often causing pain

usually implies a forced action rather than an accidental move

L

to luxate

vsto dislocate

• Specialized

1 9.9

To move a bone or joint out of its normal position

is the common nontechnical term for the same action

Antonyms

P

to position

189 2.5

To put something in a particular place carefully

How Displaced

to dislocate

19 6.5

to displace

140 5.5

slip

39 1.0

shift

355 3.5

move

411 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology