When you use the /locate command on a world that doesn't have the structure you are trying to find, the command will not return anything and any other command you do after that will not be executed (probably because it is trying to find the specified structure) and exiting the world will freeze MInecraft.
How to recreate: make a flat world with no structures and do /locate Village
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