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Dislocated

adjective

Separated at the joint. Synonyms: disjointed, separated. "A separated shoulder"

Dislocate

verb

(past & past part. dislocated; pres. part. dislocating)

Move out of position. Synonyms: luxate, slip, splay. "The artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

Put out of its usual place, position, or relationship.

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"Dislocated" Quotes from Famous Books

... dislocated shoulder having been set, he was well enough to rise the following day, and Colonel Lambert lead his young guest into the parlour and introduced him to his two daughters, Miss Hester and Miss Theo. Three days later Mr. Warrington's health was entirely restored ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Vol VIII • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

... to England of the proposed revolution may be summed up under three heads:—First, the sovereignty of the Imperial Parliament would be destroyed and all English constitutional arrangements would be dislocated; secondly, the power of Great Britain would be diminished; thirdly, the chance of further disagreement with Ireland would certainly not be diminished, and would ...

— England's Case Against Home Rule • Albert Venn Dicey

... she had never thought of him as a possible possession for herself; and now that he was offering himself to her, she was not at once made happy by his love. Her ideas of herself and of her life were all dislocated for the moment, and she required to be alone, that she might set herself in order, and try herself all over, and find whether her bones were broken. "Say that ...

— He Knew He Was Right • Anthony Trollope

... impress of the Bossier brand on their hides; so on Sunday afternoon uncle Jay-Jay had also proceeded thither to be in readiness for the final drafting early on Monday morning. This left us manless, as Frank Hawden, being incapacitated with a dislocated wrist, was spending a few weeks in Gool-Gool until he should be fit ...

— My Brilliant Career • Miles Franklin

... distinct; and upon opening the Cornea, there was found within it two Balls, or Crystalline Humours, very well shaped; but the other parts of it could not be so well distinguished, because the eye had been much bruised by the handling, and the inner parts confused and dislocated. It had four Eye-browes, placed in the manner exprest in Figure 4. by a a, b b; a a representing the lower, and ...

— Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 • Various

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