DISLOCATING Synonyms

• causing confusion or disorientation

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• making or causing a harsh and irritating sound

• loosening the ties that fasten something

• causing an emotional disturbance

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• cause to be confused emotionally

• cause to become detached or separated; take off

• separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment

• come to be detached

• destroy the arrangement or order of

• disturb the arrangement of

• an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

• pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable

• make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• free or remove obstruction from

• become free

• make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

• become separated, disconnected or disjoint

• having no elements in common

• part; cease or break association with

• separate at the joints

• make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

• become separated, disconnected or disjoint

• remove or force out from a position

• change place or direction

• remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

• cause to move, usually with force or pressure

• take the place of or have precedence over

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

• make a break in

• throw into disorder

• interfere in someone else's activity

• part; cease or break association with

• force, take, or pull apart

• independent; not united or joint

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• disconnect or separate