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derailment

[ dee-reyl-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act or process of derailing.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of derailment1

1940–45; derail + -ment, or < French déraillement

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Example Sentences

Degradation in the vehicle and the track — neither of which by itself may be sufficient to cause a derailment — also could have led to the derailment, experts say.

These issues, auditors say, have led to collisions and derailments within other rail systems, as well as a minor collision of trains in 2004 on the Red Line at the Woodley Park station.

Between his election and inauguration, his 11-year-old son died in a train derailment and his vice president contracted a fatal illness.

There is hope for young workers like Risse, but avoiding a career derailment and a lost generation will require young job-seekers and employers alike to focus more on connection.

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The Big Ten, which joined college football on the field this past weekend, joined it off the field Wednesday in the burgeoning category of scheduling derailments.

If Captain America can come back from the dead, then his current convalescence is only a temporary derailment.

The first of the seven cars in the Sunday morning train derailment in the Bronx had nearly gone into to the river.

In contrast, the derailment of talks would be welcomed by some of the loudest proponents of rushing to legislate new sanctions.

Security-camera footage capturing the derailment, which can be viewed here is pretty horrifying.

It was surging and bounding alarmingly over the uneven track, not without threatenings of derailment.

Ordinarily, the mere fact of a destructive derailment leaves little to be discovered when the cause is sought afterward.

It was a singular derailment, and at first none of the trainmen seemed to be able to account for it.

In case of derailment or other accident that might cause the fireman to desert his position in cab, what should he do?

This rail serves as a guide and suffices to prevent derailment.

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