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derailment
(noun) an accident in which a train runs off its track
Source: WordNet® 3.1
derailment (countable and uncountable, plural derailments)
(rail transport) The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.
(psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.
An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.
• delirament, terminaled
Source: Wiktionary
De*rail"ment, n.
Definition: The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States