Derailment and Wreck

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

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

Nearby Words: derail, derailed, derailing

Wreck noun - The portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed.

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Derailment and wreck are semantically related. You can use "Derailment" instead a noun "Wreck".

Nearby Words: wrecked, wrecker, wreckage, wrecking

He managed to crash the train, but the product he intended to destroy in the wreck was saved before the derailment (which he managed by blowing up a bridge, closing Crystal Cove's railway line as of the second season.)

Source: Train Job

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