Reference meaning
dislocation
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an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
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Other meanings
2. noun
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
3. noun
a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
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