Synonyms for derailment
de·rail·ment

Princeton's WordNet

1. derailmentnoun

   an accident in which a train runs off its track

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1. List of paraphrases for "derailment":

   deviation, wreck

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. derailment

   Synonyms:
   Asyndesis, asyndetic thinking, entgleisen, knight's move thinking, loosening of association

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1. Village President Karen Darch:

   It is a huge danger, if they breach, if there's a derailment in the heart of my town and there's a breach of tank cars, there can be a plume of flame high into the sky.

2. David Michaels:

   It adds confirmation that the symptoms reported by East Palestine residents are real and are associated with environmental exposures from the derailment and chemical fire.

3. Michael Regan:

   The Norfolk Southern train derailment has upended the lives of East Palestine families, and EPA’s order will ensure the company is held accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of this community.

4. Frances Gelinas:

   It is life before the derailment, and life after the derailment. Nothing is the same, recruiting tourists to come and hunt and fish in Gogama is really tough.

5. Patrick Waldron:

   Trains have resumed running through the derailment area at a reduced speed due to the ongoing clean-up work at the site.