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dislocation n. [
disruption] an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
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dislocation n. [
breakdown] the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
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dislocation n. a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
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