derailment
pronunciation
How to pronounce derailment in British English:
UK [dɪ'reɪlmənt]
How to pronounce derailment in American English:
US [dɪ'reɪlmənt]
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- Noun:
- an accident in which a train runs off its track
Word Origin
- derailment (n.)
- 1850, from French déraillement, from dérailler "to go off the rails" (see derail).
Example
- 1. The cause of the derailment was not immediatelyknown .
- 2. Fragile public finances proved vulnerable to derailment when the crisis finally hit and they did derail .
- 3. There were even rumours that the security agencies staged the explosion to cover up a derailment caused by poor maintenance .
- 4. Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in derailment without antecedent collision .
- 5. Police investigating the train derailment have not ruled out sabotage .