train wreck
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train wreck
noun train wrecks · trainwreck · train-wreck
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A train crash.
Similar: prairie meet, cornfield meet
- The wreckage resulting from a train crash.
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A disaster, especially one which is large, chaotic, and readily seen by public observers.
There is a feeling in Washington that we are gathering at the side of the track to watch a gigantic economic train wreck one of these days.
Similar: catastrophe, car crash, car wreck
- Someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin. She may have been a train wreck, but she was a train wreck people still can't seem to get enough of. The sordid but fascinating story of her vicious, no-holds-barred battle with life is one of the most gripping, sex-soaked biographies in years.
verb train wrecks · train wrecking · train wrecked · trainwreck · train-wreck
- To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster. […] basic fundamental communication steps must be achieved so not to train wreck the new employee.
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noun disaster
| Español | catástrofe, desastre |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 大惨事 daisanji |
| Deutsch | Desaster, Katastrophe |
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