Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dislocation

3 senses of dislocation

Sense 1
dislocation, disruption -- (an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity)
       => interruption, break -- (some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt")

Sense 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")
       => disruption, perturbation -- (the act of causing disorder)

Sense 3
dislocation -- (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))
       => injury, hurt, harm, trauma -- (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)