1. putting a bone out of its normal position at a joint
Usage: medical
2. moving something from its usual or proper place
3. disrupting the normal arrangement or functioning of something

Examples

• The fall was dislocating his shoulder badly.
• She avoided dislocating her knee by landing carefully.
• The earthquake was dislocating entire buildings from their foundations.
• The construction work is dislocating traffic patterns downtown.
• The new policy is dislocating our usual workflow.
• Moving to a new country can be dislocating for families.
• The storm was dislocating power lines across the region.