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Meaning of "train crash" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TRAIN CRASH

train crash  [treɪn kræʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRAIN CRASH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Train crash is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRAIN CRASH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

train crash

Train wreck

A train wreck or train crash is a type of disaster involving one or more trains. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track; or an accident, such as when a train wheel jumps off a track in a derailment; or when a boiler explosion occurs. Train wrecks have often been widely covered in popular media and in folklore.

Definition of train crash in the English dictionary

The definition of train crash in the dictionary is a type of accident involving one or more trains.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRAIN CRASH


brash
bræʃ
cornbrash
ˈkɔːnˌbræʃ
crash
kræʃ
gytrash
ˈɡaɪtræʃ
midrash
ˈmɪdræʃ
overrash
ˌəʊvəˈræʃ
postcrash
ˌpəʊstˈkræʃ
precrash
priːˈkræʃ
rash
ræʃ
stonebrash
ˈstəʊnˌbræʃ
thrash
θræʃ
trash
træʃ
white-trash
waɪt træʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRAIN CRASH

train
train attendant
train ferry
train oil
train service
train set
train smash
train spotter
train wreck
train-spotting
train-workers
trainability
trainable
trainband
trainbearer
trained
trainee
traineeship
trainer
trainer sock

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRAIN CRASH

air crash
barber´s rash
car crash
concertina crash
diaper rash
disk crash
gate-crash
heat rash
multiple crash
napkin rash
nappy rash
nettle rash
pash rash
plane crash
road rash
trailer trash
water brash
white trash

Synonyms and antonyms of train crash in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «train crash» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRAIN CRASH

Find out the translation of train crash to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of train crash from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «train crash» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

火车相撞事故
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

choque de trenes
570 millions of speakers

English

train crash
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ट्रेन दुर्घटना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حادث قطار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крушение поезда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acidente de trem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ট্রেন দুর্ঘটনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

accident de train
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemalangan keretapi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zugunglück
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

列車事故
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

열차 충돌
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sepur krasan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đào tạo tai nạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரயில் விபத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेल्वे अपघात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tren kazası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incidente ferroviario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

katastrofa kolejowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аварія потягу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

accident de tren
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σιδηροδρομικό δυστύχημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

trein ongeluk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tågolycka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

toget krasjet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of train crash

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRAIN CRASH»

The term «train crash» is regularly used and occupies the 68.177 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRAIN CRASH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about train crash

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2 QUOTES WITH «TRAIN CRASH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word train crash.
1
Bill Dedman
After a plane or train crash, the National Transportation Safety Board dispatches its experts within two hours. The investigators in their familiar jackets take charge of the scene, secure evidence, follow leads.
2
David Douglas Duncan
War is the easiest photography in the business. Just get close, be lucky, know how your camera works. There are subjects everywhere. Everyplace you go, there is something to photograph in a war, like being in the middle of a hurricane or a train crash or an earthquake. You can't miss it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAIN CRASH»

Discover the use of train crash in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to train crash and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Risk Issues and Crisis Management in Public Relations: A ...
... and bolts were missing. It also said that there was no evidence that the train was a contributing factor. John Armitt said that he would not resign because he did not wish to 188 Crisis management CASE STUDY: VIRGIN TRAIN CRASH.
Michael Regester, Judy Larkin, 2008
2
Emergency Nursing Care: Principles and Practice
Table 9.1 Notable British major incidents (adapted from Carley etal 1998) Seen and Dead at discharged from Total injured Year Incident scene Emergency Department and dead 1915 Train crash at Quintinshill 111 427 1968 Ronan point  ...
Gary Jones, Ruth Endacott, Robert Crouch, 2003
3
The Last Battle: The Chronicles of Narnia
A complete stand-alone read, but if you want to relive the adventures and find out how it began, pick up The Magician’s Nephew, the first book in The Chronicles of Narnia.
C. S. Lewis, 2009
4
Canoe River Train Crash
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Coordinates: 52 44 N 119 16 W / 52.733 N 119.267 W / 52.733; -119.267
Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, 2013
5
Response to Disaster: Fact Versus Fiction & Its Perpetuation ...
... Hawaiian Tsunami 1947 Texas Chemical Plant Fire 1948 New Jersey Train Crash 1950 Detroit Plane Crash, Illinois and Ohio Train Crashes 1952 Southern Tornado 1956 New Jersey Plane Crash 1958 Nevada Plane Crash, Massachusetts ...
Henry W. Fischer, 1998
6
The Hidden Pattern: A Patternist Philosophy of Mind
Given A-series information such as “The train crash was in the recent but not immediate past; the bus crash was in the immediate past”, one can derive the B- series relationship “The train crash was before the bus crash.” But given B-series  ...
Ben Goertzel, 2006
7
Emergency Planning in Ireland
1972 Dublin Bomb 29 hurt 1972 Dublin Bombs 2 dead, 126 hurt 1974 Dublin Bombs 1 dead, 14 hurt 1974 Monaghan 1975 Gorey 1976 Castlebar Bombs Train crash Bus crash 5 dead, 20 hurt 5 dead, 30 hurt 47 hurt 1976 Cork 1977 ...
Patrick A. O'Riordan, 1992
8
Power: A Philosophical Analysis, Second Edition
Twenty minutes later I see the train crash and I see myself killed. (Or I read this description in the book of my life; a book which, remember, has proved so accurate that I cannot but believe it.) I return from this journey in time rather upset; a week ...
Peter Morriss, 2002
9
A Jamaican Storyteller's Tale
It was Sunday December first - exactly three months after the famous Kendal Train Crash. The catastrophe was the news of the period; it was reported as the worst rail disaster in Jamaica's history, and the second worst rail disaster in the world ...
Lorrimer Burford, 2005
10
Railroad Wrecks
It was also learned that as the five cars were derailed, they tore up about one thousand five hundred feet of the railroad's right-of-way. As recovery of the injured and dead victims of the train crash was completed, attention turned to finding the ...
Edgar A. Haine, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRAIN CRASH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term train crash is used in the context of the following news items.
1
South Africa train crash: 300 injured near Johannesburg
About 300 people have been injured in a collision between two trains near South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg, paramedics have told the BBC. The crash ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Police investigation of Philadelphia train accident focusing on speed
(CNN) The police investigation into the Amtrak train crash is focusing on why the train's throttle was pushed forward, speeding up the train so rapidly ahead of ... «CNN, May 15»
3
Philadelphia train crash: Amtrak rail accident kills seven
Officials are working to determine the cause of a train derailment which killed at least seven people and injured more than 200 others. Seven carriages including ... «BBC News, May 15»
4
Metrolink train crash: Train's camera captured video of truck crash
The lawyer for a pickup truck driver who left his vehicle on train tracks, leading to a collision that sent 28 people to the hospital, says the driver did all he could to ... «89.3 KPCC, Feb 15»
5
Truck driver arrested after train crash
OXNARD, Calif. -- The driver of a truck that took a wrong turn and stopped on railroad tracks, triggering a crash with a commuter train on Tuesday, faces charges ... «USA TODAY, Feb 15»
6
West Virginia train crash: Giant fireball after freight train carrying …
This shocking footage shows the giant fireball unleashed after a freight train ... at intervals of about every half hour following the crash in West Virginia, US. «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»
7
Investigation Underway in Metro-North Train Crash
When a crowded commuter train slammed into a car on the tracks on Tuesday night, it dislodged the electrified third rail, which, combined with gasoline from the ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
8
Ottawa bus-train crash kills 6 in commuting horror
A horrific crash between an Ottawa transit bus and a Via passenger train has left six people dead, dozens injured and many residents shaken and searching for ... «CBC.ca, Sep 13»
9
Spain train crash: Mass in Santiago de Compostela
A Mass has been held in north-western Spain for the 79 people who died in a train crash. The service was held in the Galician city of Santiago de Compostela, ... «BBC News, Jul 13»
10
Police accuse Spain train crash driver of 'reckless homicide …
Police in Spain have accused the driver of a train that derailed in northwestern Spain, killing at least 78 people, of "reckless homicide," the country's interior ... «CNN, Jul 13»

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