derailment
Locomotive leaves rails
Derailment is the event of a train leaving its tracks, whether from mechanical failure, obstruction, or collision.
The word extends to anything thrown off course: The scandal caused the derailment of his campaign.
In psychiatry, derailment describes speech that shifts between unrelated topics without logical connection.
Rail vehicle or instruct
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- crashSudden violent impact
rails · track · carriages · signal · conductor · engineer · freight · caboose
Something blocking the way
- underminingWeakening by covert means
- subversionUndermining established authority
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
wreckage · attack · terrorism · conspiracy · plot · intentional · deliberate · tampering
Disrupted patterns of reasoning
- tangentialityTendency to stray from topic
- circumstantialityExcessive irrelevant elaboration
- incoherenceFailure to make sense
- flight of ideasRapid unconnected thought shifts
word salad · illogicality · perseveration · distractibility · fragmentation · disjointed · rambling
Complete sudden stop
- interruptionBreak in continuity
- stoppageInterruption of flow
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- discontinuationFormal ending of something
setback · breakdown · collapse · standstill · delay · obstruction · interference · disturbance
Separation from common origin
- digressionVeering off topic
- departureAct of going away
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- diversionRedirection of attention
veering · swerve · tangent · straying · deflection · sidetrack · distraction · wandering
train
Rail vehicle or instruct
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- collisionForceful contact between objects
crash · rails · track · carriages · signal · conductor · engineer · freight · caboose · coupler
obstruction
Something blocking the way
- underminingWeakening by covert means
- subversionUndermining established authority
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
disruption · wreckage · attack · terrorism · conspiracy · plot · intentional · deliberate · tampering · destruction
thought disorder
Disrupted patterns of reasoning
- tangentialityTendency to stray from topic
- circumstantialityExcessive irrelevant elaboration
- incoherenceFailure to make sense
flight of ideas · word salad · illogicality · perseveration · distractibility · fragmentation · disjointed · rambling
halt
Complete sudden stop
- interruptionBreak in continuity
- stoppageInterruption of flow
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
discontinuation · setback · breakdown · collapse · standstill · delay · obstruction · interference · disturbance · complication
divergence
Separation from common origin
- digressionVeering off topic
- departureAct of going away
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
diversion · veering · swerve · tangent · straying · deflection · sidetrack · distraction · wandering · losing focus
- infrastructure failuresbridge collapse, potholes, dam breach, power outage, water main breaks
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- accidentsaccident, car accident, bike accident, mishap, traffic accident
- crashesaccident, collision, crash, head-on collision, pileup
- disruptionsinterruption, disturbance, interference, delay, obstruction
derailmentcontinuation
Act of proceeding further
success · completion · progress · advancement · follow-through
- train derailmentLocomotive leaving its track