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noun (n)

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

  Synonym:
  disruption
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue(noun.act)

  Example:
  The social dislocations resulting from government policies.
  

  Synonym:
  breakdown
  

  source: wordnet30
• a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)(noun.state)

  source: wordnet30
• The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.(noun)

  source: webster1913