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Derailment meaning in English

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Derailment

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Noun

1. derailment

an accident in which a train runs off its track

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Derailment

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intr. & tr.v. de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails
1. To run or cause to run off the rails.
2. To come or bring to a sudden halt: a campaign derailed by lack of funds; a policy that derailed under the new administration.

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