DERAILMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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