derailment

1. (countable, uncountable)The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.

   Entgleisung

   сход с ре́льсовsxod s rélʹsov, круше́ниеkrušénije

   an accident in which a train runs off its track

2. (countable, uncountable)An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.

3. (countable, uncountable)An instance of thwarting or frustrating something.

4. (countable, uncountable)A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.

1. The suspected cause of the derailment is a landslide.

   Підозрювана причина сходження з рейок - зсув.

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2. Derailments are very rare in this country.

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3. What caused the train derailment?

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4. The train was traveling from Aberdeen to Glasgow when the derailment occurred.

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5. Derailments are relatively rare in Algeria.

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