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Train wreck

noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A train crash.
  2. 2
    The wreckage resulting from a train crash.
  3. 3
    A disaster, especially one which is large, chaotic, and readily seen by public observers. figuratively

    "There is a feeling in Washington that we are gathering at the side of the track to watch a gigantic economic train wreck one of these days."

  4. 4
    Someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin. figuratively

    "She may have been a train wreck, but she was a train wreck people still can't seem to get enough of. The sordid but fascinating story of her vicious, no-holds-barred battle with life is one of the most gripping, sex-soaked biographies in years."

Verb
  1. 1
    To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster. idiomatic, informal, transitive

    "[…] basic fundamental communication steps must be achieved so not to train wreck the new employee."

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