DISLOCATION

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : breakdown

• (noun) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

  synonyms : disruption

• (noun) a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)

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