Associations to the word «Dislocate»

Wiktionary

DISLOCATE, verb. To put something out of its usual place
DISLOCATE, verb. (medicine) to (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint

Dictionary definition

DISLOCATE, verb. Move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically".
DISLOCATE, verb. Put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats