| NOUN | event | dislocation, disruption | an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity |
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| act | dislocation, breakdown | the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue | |
| state | dislocation | a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) |
| Sounds | dihslow'key'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity. | |
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| Synonym | disruption | |
| Broader | interruption, break | Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity |
| Spanish | intercepción | |
| Catalan | intercepció | |
| Verbs | dislocate | move out of position |
| dislocate | put out of its usual place, position, or relationship | |
| Meaning | The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue. | |
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| Example | "the social dislocations resulting from government policies" | |
| Synonym | breakdown | |
| Broader | disruption, perturbation | The act of causing disorder |
| Spanish | alteración, dislocación | |
| Catalan | alteració | |
| Verbs | dislocate | put out of its usual place, position, or relationship |
| Meaning | A displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column). | |
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| Narrower | abarticulation | dislocation of a joint |
| diastasis | separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone | |
| spondylolisthesis | A forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves | |
| Broader | injury, hurt, harm, trauma | Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
| Spanish | dislocación | |
| Catalan | dislocació | |
| Verbs | dislocate | move out of position |
| dislocate | put out of its usual place, position, or relationship | |
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