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English to English noun
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an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity |  | source: wordnet30
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the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue | | Example: the social dislocations resulting from government policies
his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London
source: wordnet30
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a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) | | source: wordnet30
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The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. | | source: webster1913
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