noun🔗ShareThe action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs."The heavy rain and weakened tracks were blamed for the recent train derailments. "disastervehicleactiontechnicaltrafficChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas."The meeting suffered from frequent derailments, jumping from quarterly earnings to the office's coffee machine problems, then to someone's vacation plans, and finally back to earnings, leaving everyone confused about the actual agenda. "languagecommunicationlinguisticswritingmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic."The discussion about school budgets quickly suffered several derailments, with the conversation shifting to the latest neighborhood gossip. "communicationlanguagemindwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
