1. the displacement of a bone from its normal position at a joint
Usage: medical
2. disruption or disturbance of the normal arrangement or functioning of something
3. forced movement of people from their homes or usual place

Examples

• The football player suffered a shoulder dislocation during the game.
• The doctor reset the dislocation in her wrist.
• The war caused massive dislocation of the population.
• Economic dislocation followed the factory closures.
• The hurricane led to the dislocation of thousands of families.
• Social dislocation often accompanies rapid technological change.
• The dislocation of traditional communities was devastating.