derailment in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for derailment in the English»French Dictionary

derailment [Brit diːˈreɪlm(ə)nt, Am dəˈreɪlmənt] N

derailment

déraillement m

Translations for derailment in the French»English Dictionary

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déraillement

derailment

un déraillement s'est produit à la hauteur de Rouen

there was a derailment near Rouen

derailment in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for derailment in the English»French Dictionary

derailment N

1. derailment (accident):

derailment

déraillement m

2. derailment fig:

derailment

dérapage m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The derailment occurred because a staff member had failed to reset the track alignment properly.

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About 60 m of track was damaged in the explosion and derailment.

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In extreme situations these lateral forces may be enough to encourage derailment.

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Many people were injured in the derailment and two passengers lost their lives.

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This problem, combined with safety system problems which caused unwanted track brake deployment, resulted in a derailment.

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Head-on collisions are rare due to use of double track, and low operating speeds reduce the occurrence and severity of rear-end collisions and derailments.

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There have been several accidents, including three derailments at or above 270 km/h, but in none of these did carriages overturn.

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Passenger services ended in 1994, and the remaining traffic was sulphuric acid, but following two major derailments the line closed in 2009.

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Other species exhibit periodical swarming behaviour, which can result in home invasions, crop damage, train delays, or even train crashes and derailments.

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The derailment sparked a chemical fire that raged for five or six days and virtually shut down the downtown area.

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