"derailment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: derailment, derailments [plural]
Etymology: derail + -ment Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|derail|ment}} derail + -ment Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Derailment is the action of a train leaving the rails along which it runs.
    Sense id: simple-derailment-en-noun-fpWmHaLp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ment
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