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train wrecknoun1A collision or other accident involving a train: a relative was killed in the Humber river train wreck...- He crashed head-on into a freight train and likely caused the nation's deadliest commuter train wreck in nearly four decades.
- Investigators are still searching through the debris of the deadly train wreck.
- A train wreck disrupted Internet connections and caused a one-day delay in pre-trial hearings for five prisoners.
1.1North American informal A chaotic or disastrous situation that holds a ghoulish fascination for observers: his train wreck of a private life guaranteed front-page treatment...- What we're witnessing here in what was supposed to have been a championship season for Democrats is a potential train wreck.
- Now she is considered a visual joke, a train wreck.
- The long run of successes had quickly ended in a train wreck.
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