luxate

/ˈlʌkseɪt/
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Other forms: luxated

Definitions of luxate
  1. verb
    move out of position
    “the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically”
    synonyms: dislocate, slip, splay
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    type of:
    displace, move
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
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