train wrecks
Derailments with carnage
Train wrecks are collisions or derailments of railway trains—catastrophic accidents involving massive vehicles.
The singular form dominates figurative use: a train wreck is any spectacular disaster or failure, especially one unfolding visibly: The interview was a complete train wreck.
Someone whose life is chaotic may be called a train wreck: She's a train wreck right now.
- crashesSudden violent impacts
- derailmentLeaving the intended track
- mangledSeverely disfigured or ruined
- messesStates of disorder
- human errorMistakes by people
catastrophe · wreckage · disaster · havoc · collision · twisted metal · rail safety · calamity · accident · track · warning systems · destruction · black boxes · mechanical failure · signal failure · emergency response · railway engineers · boiler explosions
- crashesaccident, collision, crash, head-on collision, pileup
- train accidentsderailments, collisions, crashes, head-on collisions, rear-end collisions
- trainslocomotive, locomotives, steam locomotive, steam locomotives, electric locomotive
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
train wreckstriumphs
Overwhelming victories
successes · victories · home runs · masterpieces · achievements
train wreckswell-oiled machines
Systems functioning without friction
clockwork · tight ships · precision · textbook examples · harmony
train wrecksparagons
Perfect examples of something
high achievers · success stories · role models · class acts · pillars of the community
train, wreck, trains, trained, training, trainer, trainee, trainable, retraining