Meaning

4 senses

  1. A train crash.

  2. The wreckage resulting from a train crash.

  3. (figuratively)A disaster, especially one which is large, chaotic, and readily seen by public observers.

    Desaster, Katastrophe

  4. (figuratively)Someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.

Examples

11 sentences

  1. Tom wasn't injured in the train wreck.

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  2. Thirteen people died in the train wreck.

    ruТринадцать человек погибли при крушении поезда. — Wezel

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  3. I wasn't injured in the train wreck.

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  4. Tom was injured in the train wreck.

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  5. Thirteen people were killed in the train wreck.

    ruПри крушении поезда погибло тринадцать человек. — marafon

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
disaster:

Forms

plural: train wrecks

Synonyms

5 synonyms
catastropheB2prairie meetcornfield meetcar crashcar wreck

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trailerB2trainA1traineeB2trainerB2traipse

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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