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dislocation
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[ noun ] an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
Synonyms Used in print (Grants-in-Aid and Other Financial Assistance...)The purpose of the adjusted Federal share relating to the base allotment and of the transition provisions for reaching the unadjusted Federal share is to prevent dislocations from abrupt_changes in matching rates . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
Synonyms Examples "the social dislocations resulting from government policies" "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London" Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)Moreover the centralization of our economy during the 1920 s , the dislocations of the Depression , the common ethos of Materialism everywhere , all contributed in various ways to the face-lifting that replaced Mike_Fink and the Great_Gatsby with the anonymous physiognomy of the Little_People . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine) a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
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