derailment
Noun
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Noun
derailment
- (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.
- French: déraillement
- German: Entgleisung
- Italian: deragliamento
- Portuguese: descarrilamento
- Russian: сход с рельс
- Spanish: descarrilamiento
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