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DERAILMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does derailment mean?
• DERAILMENT (noun)
The noun DERAILMENT has 1 sense:
1. an accident in which a train runs off its track
Familiarity information: DERAILMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An accident in which a train runs off its track
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("derailment" is a kind of...):
misadventure; mischance; mishap (an instance of misfortune)
Derivation:
derail (run off or leave the rails)
derail (cause to run off the tracks)
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