Dislocate

v. t.	1.	To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. [imp. & p. p. Dislocated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dislocating .] After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated. - Woodward. And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set right again. - Fuller.
a.	1.	Dislocated.

Verb	1.	dislocate - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" Synonyms: luxate, splay, slip
	2.	dislocate - put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives" Synonyms: displace

clutter, derange, disarrange, disarray, disarticulate, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, disorder, disorganize, displace, disrupt, disturb, jumble, litter, luxate, mess, mess up, misarrange, mix up, muss, muss up, remove, ruffle, rummage, rumple, scatter, shift, ship, tousle, transfer, unhinge, unjoint, unseat

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