Derailment

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  • n. The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs
  • n. A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of derailing, or causing to leave the rails, as a railroad-train or -car.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an accident in which a train runs off its track
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mishap    misadventure    mischance   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ailment    curtailment   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    kill-joy    transcarbamylase    genuflexion    run-on    reck   
     
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