Dislocating

Word DISLOCATING
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Definitions and meanings of "Dislocating"

What do we mean by dislocating?

To put something out of its usual place.

To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.

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The word "dislocating" in example sentences

None agreed for their managers to be interviewed, but many accept that the impact of their industry has been dislocating for local communities. ❋ David Fickling (2011)

So phenomena such as increased desertification, biodiversity loss, drought, or rising sea levels -- and the attendant human and non-human dislocating and destructive consequences -- seem distant, and unrelated to "us." ❋ Joseph Nevins (2010)

I was so concerned with getting a good seat, and was already carrying so much weight, that I didn't even notice that I was was dragging her across the wide marble floor, practically dislocating her shoulder in the process. ❋ Alison (2010)

The January numbers for both markets will be telling as to whether these programs actually increased any, rather than dislocating, demand in the housing and auto sectors. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Thanks to military martial arts training, I managed to make a safe fall, avoiding landing on my left side and dislocating my shoulder. ❋ Lori Armstrong (2011)

We have been accused of dislocating thousands of people from their villages and keeping them in camps. ❋ Alemayehu G. Mariam (2010)

It happened, and it is hard not to have one's thoughts drawn to various dislocating comparisons between the two, simultaneous rounds of golf—one sublime, the other, suspect. ❋ Daniel Henninger (2011)

When discussing his line combinations this afternoon, Boudreau said that he believes Eric Fehr, who will miss his 21st game since dislocating his shoulder on Jan. 14, is close to returning. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Another worker was hospitalised after he 'fell from a height', breaking his wrist and dislocating his elbow. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I fell from a height at the weekend, breaking one arm & dislocating another. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

He's moved his family to California after dislocating his knee cap in the Giants' season finale last year and even from a distance, he has the same symbiotic child-parent devotion to his coach, texting, "Ask him about the family photo." ❋ Aditi Kinkhabwala (2012)

It begin with John Fields, a transfer from East Carolina who came on the scene and gave North Carolina-Wilmington the inside presence it needed until dislocating his left kneecap. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She smashed the rock into her face, breaking her left cheekbone and almost dislocating her jaw. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It happened painfully and not by choice, and in an incredibly dislocating fashion, but we can see the outlines of how the process can happen. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Going into the deadline on default...you could see the back end of the market dislocating and selling off," pushing up yields, he said. ❋ Cynthia Lin (2011)

As she jogged back, she gave a single jerk on her arm, dislocating the same shoulder as yesterday. ❋ Kresley Cole (2011)

The dislocating experience of trudging off to see the grand opera provoked an outcry that a night of Puccini would perhaps subdue. ❋ Jonathan Blitzer (2011)

Mr. Arad's triumph was that he never lost contact with the bigger picture, with the impulse that animated his desire, in the dark, dislocating days after the attacks, to commune with his fellow New Yorkers. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2012)

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