derailment

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The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs
(Demiryolu) 1. An incident on a railway or tramway in which one or more rail vehicles leave the tracks on which it is, or they are, travelling.2. An event in which the proper guidance of railway vehicles is disrupted
A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running
an accident in which a train runs off its track
{i} act of running off the rails
The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad
derailments
plural of derailment
derailment

    Hyphenation

    de·rail·ment

    Turkish pronunciation

    dîreylmınt

    Pronunciation

    /dəˈrālmənt/ /dɪˈreɪlmənt/

    Etymology

    () * from derail + -ment
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