DISLOCATES Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

dislocates

verb

present tense third-person singular of dislocate

as in relocates

to change the place or position of dislocated his shoulder in the accident

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as in disrupts

to undo the proper order or arrangement of the country's entire social structure was dislocated by the war

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Recent Examples of dislocates Boy in the 1700s dislocates his shoulder. — Reshma Gopaldas, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026 Louis rips his spine out, dislocates his jaw, and reads Claudia’s diary entries about how she was repeatedly assaulted by him. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 June 2026 Zoey was allegedly diagnosed with Nursemaid’s elbow, a common elbow injury among young children and toddlers that occurs when a child’s elbow is pulled and one of the bones partially dislocates. — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025

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The film stars young newcomer Eylul Guven as Sasha in childhood, whose family relocates to a new home on Vancouver Island at the start of the film.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 June 2026
Ruben’s modern twist on Northanger focused on a young American literature teacher named Catherine Winslet, who relocates to Bath to ghostwrite the memoirs of her eccentric idol, Mrs Daftwood.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 June 2026

Definition of relocates

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Live Local also disrupts years of successful and careful planning by the city to promote compatible, consistent development in neighborhoods like Wynwood.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
After all, the status quo looks safer than making a big bet on something that disrupts everything from operations to revenue.

— James Loffler, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of disrupts

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Laparoscopic excision surgery, in which a specialist carefully removes endometriosis lesions, is widely considered the gold-standard surgical treatment and can improve both pain and fertility outcomes.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Faster clinical brain imaging The new design removes one of the biggest bottlenecks in conventional computer architecture, where memory and processors are physically separated.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026

Definition of removes

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As though on cue, Wardrobe — my beloved, and giant, closet — shuffles over from the corner of my room, the mahogany wood groaning with the effort.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
As the entire Qatar back line shuffles closer to the goal, Jonathan David drops off towards the penalty spot to receive the cross in space and shoot first time.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Definition of shuffles

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The moody Moon moves through your 7th House of Partnership as the Sun energizes your 11th House of Friends and Community, aligning cooperation with a larger purpose.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2026
Trainer Robert Ndungu moves between them, occasionally kneeling to demonstrate the correct technique.

— Christopher Clark, NPR, 5 July 2026

Definition of moves

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These opportunists drown out the core mission, creating a cacophony of competing voices that confuses donors, crowd the inboxes of CEOs and members of Congress with colliding petitions, and paralyzes meaningful action by draining critical funding and attention away from the truly effective groups.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026
But nobody confuses Harvard Extension School classes with the real thing.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of confuses

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That surge in demand should boost Marvell's shares as the company increasingly shifts its focus to CXL products, Arcuri added.

— Hugh Leask,Fred Imbert,Justina Lee, CNBC, 28 June 2026
However, curators say that framing fans as fine art intentionally shifts the perception of what a world-class museum can present.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 24 June 2026

Definition of shifts

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Tilling or plowing in the summer disturbs the soil's delicate ecosystem and exposes moist soil to rapid water loss.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
The pier in Michigan City’s Washington Park disturbs the natural flow of sand along the lakeshore, creating new land east of the pier but starving beaches to the west, an erosion problem repeated by other manmade structures that jut out into Lake Michigan.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026

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