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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dislocate.

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Examples

  • And will continue to be, unless the system dislocates.

    Matthew Yglesias » Olivier Blanchard on the Case for Higher Inflation 2010

  • An example would be a soldier who, while under fire from the enemy, dives into a fox hole and shatters a bone or dislocates a joint.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • Bring on the Exodus.5 Girl dislocates mouth by yawningI'm scared to laugh.6 Snooki from Jersey Shore enters WWEAh, I miss those Saturday nights in Clapham Junction.7 When impounding a car goes badGood on her, I say.8 Farmville comes to life in New YorkApparently 62 million people around the world play Farmville.

    Viral Video Chart: Lucky car escape, zookeeper defies death, Google Exodus 2011

  • Over and above the context of (crude) corporal punishment required (which probably immediately dislocates it, for the majority of readers, to elsewhere or elsewhen), only the specificities and implicities of "the men's house" and "her shift" limit the potential application of this statement in the detail -- albeit sparse detail -- that they add.

    Patrica Russo's "The Oracle Opens One Eye" Hal Duncan 2008

  • What a waste, unless in the movie the snake dislocates its jaw to feed on something big, and then in the DVD commentary Angelina demonstrates this trick while sucking on my member.

    NEW KUNG FU PANDA TRAILER 2008

  • When Dick Cheney dislocates his shoulder when he's neck-deep up King Abdullah's ass?

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • Over and above the context of (crude) corporal punishment required (which probably immediately dislocates it, for the majority of readers, to elsewhere or elsewhen), only the specificities and implicities of "the men's house" and "her shift" limit the potential application of this statement in the detail -- albeit sparse detail -- that they add.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Hal Duncan 2008

  • Then laughing at the one dude who tries to climb the hay bails when he falls off and dislocates his shoulder.

    Rodeo Ruby Love – This Is Why We Don’t Have Nice Things | BUZZGRINDER 2010

  • All of the adult breeding pugs had luxating patellas, a congenital deformity likely to be passed along to their puppies where the kneecap dislocates or moves out of its normal location, which can be very painful and is expensive to treat.

    Wayne Pacelle: Tax Code Crackdown Leads to Rescue of 120 Puppy Mill Dogs Wayne Pacelle 2010

  • All of the adult breeding pugs had luxating patellas, a congenital deformity likely to be passed along to their puppies where the kneecap dislocates or moves out of its normal location, which can be very painful and is expensive to treat.

    Wayne Pacelle: Tax Code Crackdown Leads to Rescue of 120 Puppy Mill Dogs Wayne Pacelle 2010

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