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dislocated

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dislocate \Dis"lo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dislocated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Dislocating}.] [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of
   dislocare; dis- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See
   {Locus}.]
   To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a
   bone: To remove from its normal connections with a
   neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its
   socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. --Shak.

         After some time the strata on all sides of the globe
         were dislocated.                         --Woodward.

         And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of
         joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set
         right again.                             --Fuller.

Source : WordNet®

dislocated
     adj : separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated
           shoulder" [syn: {disjointed}, {separated}]
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