Sekirov Dictionary

train wreck

noun 4
verb 1
forms 4

noun4

A train crash.
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(figurative) 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
(figurative) Someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.
The wreckage resulting from a train crash.

verb1

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(informal) 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. — 2003

forms

train wrecked · train wrecking · train wrecks · train-wrecks

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