dislocates
Throws out of
Dislocates means to force something out of its proper position.
Most often this refers to joints: a shoulder dislocates when the bone slips from its socket.
She dislocated her knee in the fall.
The word extends to disrupting arrangements or systems: The strike dislocated supply chains for weeks.
To dislocate can also mean to displace people from their homes or communities.
Undermines steadiness or equilibrium
- unsettlesCauses disquiet or unease
- disturbsCauses unease or interruption
- upendsTurns upside down
- derailsThrows off course
throws · shifts · displaces · interrupts · disarranges · deranges · unhinges · disjoints
Upper arm joint
- kneecapBone shielding leg joint
- hipFashionable or pelvic joint
- patellaTriangular bone covering knee
- elbowArm's middle joint
jaw · finger · ankle · ligament · tendon · cartilage · socket · ball-and-socket
Ligament stretch injury
- strainExcessive stretching force
- tearTo pull apart
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
- fractureSplit in hard material
swelling · pain · inflammation · bruise · soreness · tenderness · damage · impairment
People seeking safety elsewhere
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- exileBanishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- evictionForced departure from rental
uprooting · resettlement · migration · expulsion · dispossessed · unhoused · transplantation · deterritorialization
destabilizes
Undermines steadiness or equilibrium
derails · throws · shifts · displaces · interrupts · disarranges · deranges · unhinges · disjoints · disconnects
shoulder
Upper arm joint
elbow · jaw · finger · ankle · ligament · tendon · cartilage · socket · ball-and-socket · reduction
sprain
Ligament stretch injury
fracture · swelling · pain · inflammation · bruise · soreness · tenderness · damage · impairment · trauma
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- exileBanishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
eviction · uprooting · resettlement · migration · expulsion · dispossessed · unhoused · transplantation · deterritorialization · emigration
- dislocated shoulderArm joint out of place
- dislocated hipFemoral head unseated from pelvis
- dislocated jointBones forced from alignment
- shoulder dislocationJoint forced from socket
- joint dislocationBone forced from socket
- dislocated kneePatella displaced from joint
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