DISLOCATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
   Synonym(s)
   • breakdown (what does breakdown mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the social dislocations resulting from government policies
   • his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London
   Hypernyms(s) dislocation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disruption (what does disruption mean?)
   • perturbation (what does perturbation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • break down (what does break down mean?)
   • crush (what does crush mean?)
   • dislocate (what does dislocate mean?)
   • displace (what does displace mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
   Synonym(s)
   • disruption (what does disruption mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) dislocation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • interruption (what does interruption mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dislocate (what does dislocate mean?)
   • displace (what does displace mean?)
   • dislocate (what does dislocate mean?)
   • luxate (what does luxate mean?)
   • splay (what does splay mean?)
   • slip (what does slip mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
   Hypernyms(s) dislocation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • injury (what does injury mean?)
   • hurt (what does hurt mean?)
   • harm (what does harm mean?)
   • trauma (what does trauma mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • abarticulation (what does abarticulation mean?)
   • diastasis (what does diastasis mean?)
   • spondylolisthesis (what does spondylolisthesis mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dislocate (what does dislocate mean?)
   • displace (what does displace mean?)
   • dislocate (what does dislocate mean?)
   • luxate (what does luxate mean?)
   • splay (what does splay mean?)
   • slip (what does slip mean?)