noun
Meaning 1
A train crash.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prairie meet, cornfield meet
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
train wreck
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noun
Meaning 2
The wreckage resulting from a train crash.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A disaster, especially one which is large, chaotic, and readily seen by public observers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: catastrophe, car crash, car wreck
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Icelandic: lestarbrak — wreckage of a train crash
- Macedonian: возолом (vozolom) — wreckage of a train crash
- Finnish: junaonnettomuus — disaster
- Finnish: täystuho — disaster
- German: Desaster — disaster
- German: Katastrophe — disaster
- Icelandic: lestarslys — disaster
- Japanese: 大惨事 (daisanji) — disaster
- Spanish: catástrofe — disaster
- Spanish: desastre — disaster