dislocation

Nouns

  • (n) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity disruption,
  • (n) 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
    breakdown,
  • (n) a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)

Synonyms

disruption breakdown

Words of close approximity