derailment
noun/diːˈreɪlmənt/
/diːˈreɪlmənt/
- [countable, uncountable] an occasion when a train leaves the track; the act of causing this to happen
- the derailment of a passenger train
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- [uncountable] the fact of stopping a process from continuing in the way it was intended to
- the derailment of the peace process
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