Breakdown
Breakdown noun - The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue.
Usage example: his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London
Dislocation is a synonym for breakdown. In some cases you can use "Dislocation" instead a noun "Breakdown".
Dislocation
Dislocation noun - The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue.
Usage example: the social dislocations resulting from government policies
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disorder and breakdown
- disorder and dislocation
- disturbance and breakdown
- disturbance and dislocation
- trouble and breakdown
- trouble and dislocation
- break and breakdown
- break and dislocation
- crash and breakdown
- crash and dislocation
- division and breakdown
- division and dislocation
- ruin and breakdown
- ruin and dislocation
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