dislocating
Popping out joints
Dislocating is forcing something out of its proper position.
Most often the word applies to joints—a dislocated shoulder or knee occurs when bones slip from their normal alignment: She dislocated her elbow in the fall.
Figuratively, dislocating can mean disrupting or displacing: The pandemic kept dislocating our plans.
Ligament stretch injury
- fractureSplit in hard material
- luxationJoint forced apart
- wrenchTool for turning fasteners
- strainExcessive stretching force
tear · rupture · pop · swelling · pain · inflammation · trauma · immobilize
Upper arm joint
- kneecapBone shielding leg joint
- patellaTriangular bone covering knee
- hipFashionable or pelvic joint
- elbowArm's middle joint
finger · jaw · ball-and-socket · hinge · cartilage · ligament · tendon · socket
Extracting from the earth
- exileBanishment from homeland
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
diaspora · migration · eviction · deportation · expulsion · homelessness · deracination · upheaval
Disturbingly incongruous
- disorientingCausing loss of direction
- destabilizingCausing loss of equilibrium
- alienatingCausing emotional separation
- disruptingInterfering with normal function
bewildering · unmooring · displacing · estranging · disconcerting · disturbing · decentering · fragmenting
sprain
Ligament stretch injury
strain · tear · rupture · pop · swelling · pain · inflammation · trauma · immobilize · splint
shoulder
Upper arm joint
elbow · finger · jaw · ball-and-socket · hinge · cartilage · ligament · tendon · socket · articulation
uprooting
Extracting from the earth
- exileBanishment from homeland
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
refugees · diaspora · migration · eviction · deportation · expulsion · homelessness · deracination · upheaval · dislodgement
jarring
Disturbingly incongruous
- disorientingCausing loss of direction
- destabilizingCausing loss of equilibrium
- alienatingCausing emotional separation
disrupting · bewildering · unmooring · displacing · estranging · disconcerting · disturbing · decentering · fragmenting · disjointing
- bodily harmhurt, injure, wound, harm, injuries
- muddlingmuddling, jumbling, scrambling, mixing up, disarranging
dislocatingrelocating
Changing one's residence
reducing · resetting · replacing · setting · realigning
dislocatingorganizing
Systematically putting in order
arranging · ordering · restoring · placing · positioning
dislocatingjoining
Linking into one
connecting · stabilizing · uniting · linking · attaching
- shoulder dislocationJoint forced from socket
- joint dislocationBone forced from socket
- hip dislocationFemoral head exits acetabulum
- knee dislocationLeg joint bones misaligned
- jaw dislocationBone leaves socket
- elbow dislocationJoint bones forced apart