Derailment

Synonyms for "derailment" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
create disarray

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)
driftrail derailmentsetbackwrecking

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policy derailmentprogram derailmentproject derailmentrailroad derailmenttrain derailmentvehicle derailment

Collocations

5 entries
derailment incidentrail derailmentrailroad derailmentrisk of derailmenttrain derailment

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

What caused the train derailment?

Source: tatoeba (8910831)

The suspected cause of the derailment is a landslide.

Source: tatoeba (8975227)

The train was traveling from Aberdeen to Glasgow when the derailment occurred.

Source: tatoeba (8975228)

The length ganger saw the train passing with the van derailed and promptly telephoned the Sandbach signalman, who restored his signals to danger, but not in time to stop the train before the final derailment occurred.

Source: wiktionary

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