dislocate
verb (used with object)
to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace.
has dislocated
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present perfectof dislocate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"The effort in Somalia has dislocated al Shabaab," Rodriguez said, adding that the group had been pushed from the capital Mogadishu in some other areas.
From Reuters ● Nov. 14, 2013
It’s the fourth time Proctor has dislocated the same elbow.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2011
This is the fourth time Proctor has dislocated the same elbow.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2011
Or the football player so absorbed in making a play that he does not realize he has dislocated a shoulder until the game is over.
From Time Magazine Archive
But here the finishing workman has dislocated nearly every joint which he has exposed, besides knitting and twisting the muscles into mere knots of cordage.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by John Ruskin
