Words Like DISLOCATION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DISLOCATION.

11 Alternative Words Similar to dislocation

1 Disruption Noun      Synonym Words Like Disruption
2 Break Noun      Synonym Words Like Break
3 Harm Noun      Synonym Words Like Harm
4 Hurt Noun      Synonym Words Like Hurt
5 Injury Noun      Synonym Words Like Injury
6 Interruption Noun      Synonym Words Like Interruption
7 Perturbation Noun      Synonym Words Like Perturbation
8 Trauma Noun      Synonym Words Like Trauma
9 Spondylolisthesis Noun      Hyponym
10 Abarticulation Noun      Hyponym
11 Diastasis Noun      Hyponym

1 examples of dislocation

1 his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London

10 definitions of dislocation

1 The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
2 The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.
3 The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
4 the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
5 an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
6 a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
7 The act or process of dislocating or the state of having been dislocated: "the severe emotional dislocation experienced by millions of immigrants . . . who were forced to separate themselves forever from the . . . circle of people and places on which they had depended” ( Doris Kearns Goodwin).
8 Displacement of a body part, especially the temporary displacement of a bone from its normal position.
9 Chemistry An imperfection in the crystal structure of a metal or other solid resulting from an absence of an atom or atoms in one or more layers of a crystal.
10 Geology See displacement.
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