Derailment and Ruin

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Derailment noun - An accident in which a train runs off its track.

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Ruin and derailment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ruin" instead a noun "Derailment".

Nearby Words: derail, derailed, derailing

Ruin noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.

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Derailment and ruin are semantically related. You can use "Derailment" instead a noun "Ruin".

Nearby Words: ruined, ruination, ruinous, ruining, ruinously

That means there's no way for me to ruin the plot or fall into Character Derailment (and if Character Derailment is already in play for everyone, I have nothing to worry about), so there's no need to be Genre Savvy.

Source: Just For Fun / The Universal Genre Savvy Guide

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