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dislocated

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dis·lo·cate  (dsl-kt, ds-lkt)
tr.v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates
1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship.
2. To displace (a body part), especially to displace a bone from its normal position.
3. To throw into confusion or disorder; disrupt: a continuing drought that dislocated the state's economy.
[Medieval Latin dislocre, disloct- : dis-, dis- + Latin locre, to place (from locus, place).]
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Adj.1.dislocated - separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder"
disjointed, separated
injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"


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Hard by the top of Putney Hill I came upon another skeleton, with the arms dislocated and removed several yards from the rest of the body.
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"There is a tradition," replied Grandfather, "that one of its arms was dislocated in some such manner.
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