Noun dislocation has 3 senses
  1. dislocation, disruption - an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
    --1 is a kind of interruption, break
    Derived forms: verb dislocate2, verb dislocate1
  2. dislocation, 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"
    --2 is a kind of disruption, perturbation
    Derived form: verb dislocate2
  3. dislocation - a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
    --3 is a kind of
    injury, hurt, harm, trauma
    --3 has particulars: abarticulation; diastasis; spondylolisthesis
    Derived forms: verb dislocate2, verb dislocate1
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