DISLOCATED Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

dislocated

verb

past tense of dislocate

as in relocated

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

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as in disrupted

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 dislocated Behar, who dislocated the shoulder after catching her heel and tripping last week at The View‘s ABC studio building in New York, is expected to return to the show next week. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 This comes a little more than a year after Hill dislocated his knee and tore several ligaments, including his ACL, during a Week 4 matchup against the New York Jets. — Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 Baker Mayfield dislocated his right thumb on a desperation pass late in the fourth quarter. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 After the game, Commanders head coach Dan Quinn confirmed Daniels dislocated his elbow and an X-ray showed no fracture. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 Fox Sports announcer Tom Brady might have spoken for all of us when viewing the play in which Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels dislocated his left elbow Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys. — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 Daniels, who played only seven of 17 games last year, dislocated the same left elbow last season and opted not to have surgery in an effort to try and save the season. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026 No major injuries reported from storm The mayor said that a man dislocated his shoulder while protecting his baby as a large tree fell onto his home. — Dana Afana, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2026 The train broke her spine, pelvis and right hand, cut open her head, and dislocated her elbow. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2026

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Wildlife experts said the bird was relocated to reduce the risk of future negative encounters.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
To run his new franchise, Kline relocated from Miami to Salt Lake City.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine disrupted steel supplies, upended supply chains, and sent costs soaring.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Drought has disrupted berry crops and other natural food sources that bears depend on, sending them closer to humans and into garage cans, bird feeders and chicken coops.

— N. Kirkpatrick, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

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If access to divorce has removed the net from our tennis game, for the one percent, the proceedings have turned into Sincaraz-level volleys.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
All arrestees go before a federal immigration judge who determines if he or she will ultimately be removed from the country.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of removed

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Prime Big Deal Days is Amazon's multiday sales event that takes place in the fall, not to be confused with Prime Day, Amazon's summer shopping event.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
At last week's race in Azerbaijan, Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas crashed on the last lap and reportedly blamed it on the software becoming confused and affecting his braking.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of confused

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The Dayton area has shed about half of its 90,000 factory jobs since 1990, according to federal data, after the North American Free Trade Agreement shifted many jobs to Mexico where auto parts could be made more cheaply.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, consumer priorities have shifted.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of shifted

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People, wildlife and domestic animals get valley fever when the soil in these burrows is disturbed, by a dog digging, a kick of the boot, a shovel, construction equipment, wind or wildfire.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Clean Regularly Spiders don’t like to be disturbed, so an unused area of your porch is likely to be attractive real estate.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of disturbed

Verb

In the midst of the rush to finish my syllabi and opening week assignments, as my husband shuffled the kids into their sneakers and Crocs and the car for one last back-to-school outing, everything stopped.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
There was the sound of the occasional slipper scraping across the carpet as players and coaches shuffled from the showers.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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