dislocation

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noun

1. an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
disruption
• Derivationally related forms:
dislocate
• Hypernyms:
interruption, break
2. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue (Freq. 1)
- the social dislocations resulting from government policies
- his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London
• Syn:
breakdown
• Derivationally related forms:
break down (for: breakdown), dislocate
• Hypernyms:
disruption, perturbation
3. a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
• Derivationally related forms:
dislocate
• Hypernyms:
injury, hurt, harm, trauma
• Hyponyms:
abarticulation, diastasis, spondylolisthesis

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  breakdown, disruption