1. (

• dislocation ,
• disruption

) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity ;

2. (

• dislocation ,
• breakdown ,

) 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" ;

3. (

• dislocation

) a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) ;