as in disruption
an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed
the slightest dislocation in her daily routine bothered the elderly woman
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Recent Examples of dislocation
The dislocation was clean, with no broken bones or ligament damage.
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Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images Godwin suffered an ankle dislocation, which led to him missing the majority of the 2024 season.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Drifting between moving-image formats and collaging local textures and bygone voices, Oscar Ruiz Navia’s film reflects on loss and mourning as experiences of temporal dislocation.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
These pin dislocations and boost strength without the usual penalty in toughness.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
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Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images Godwin suffered an ankle dislocation, which led to him missing the majority of the 2024 season.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Drifting between moving-image formats and collaging local textures and bygone voices, Oscar Ruiz Navia’s film reflects on loss and mourning as experiences of temporal dislocation.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
These pin dislocations and boost strength without the usual penalty in toughness.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislocation
Noun
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This disruption fueled a crisis in teacher turnover and burnout, with one survey finding that nearly a quarter of all teachers were considering leaving or retiring because of COVID-19 lockdowns.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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The university has said her comments caused significant disruption to the college.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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The disturbance is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 8 to 12 inches with isolated maximum totals of 16 inches in eastern Cuba, and 4 to 8 inches of rain in the Bahamas.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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The disturbance draws Rafferty and his men into the heart of the crowd — and away from the entrances — to break up the skirmish.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Dislocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocation. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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