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train-wreck

train-wreck is the dated form of train wreck.

Meaning of train wreck

Noun

train wreck (plural train wrecks)

  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.
    • 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.1986 September 1, Hugh Sidey, “The Presidency: Colliding with Realities”, in Time, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2008
  4. (figuratively) 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.2007, Donna Hogan, “blurb”, in Train Wreck: The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith, Phoenix Books Incorporated, →ISBN

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Forms of train-wreck

pluraltrain-wrecks

Questions about train-wreck

What is train-wreck the dated form of?
Train-wreck is the dated form of train wreck.

Words near train-wreck in the dictionary

  1. train-bearers
  2. train-mate
  3. train-mates
  4. train-of-four
  5. train-of-fours
  6. train-wreck
  7. train-wrecks
  8. Traina
  9. trainability
  10. trainable
  11. trainableness

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