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Derailment
Meaning
Noun
●
In Rail transportation:
The
action
of a
locomotive
or
train
leaving
the
rails
along which it runs.
●
An
instance
of
diverting
a
conversation
or
debate
from its
original
topic.
●
An
instance
of
thwarting
or
frustrating
something.
●
In Psychiatry:
A
pattern
of
discourse
(in
speech
or
writing
) that is a
sequence
of
unrelated
or only
remotely
related ideas.
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