train wreck

noun

variants or less commonly trainwreck

ˈtrān-ˌrek

plural train wrecks also trainwrecks

: a violent and destructive crash involving a train

: an utter disaster or mess : a disastrous calamity or source of trouble

Six months later, with Washington facing a political train wreck in Iraq, whom did it call? The United Nations.—

Fareed Zakaria

The train wreck that was Florence Ballard could not be hidden anymore. … Those shows went on without a hitch, but with Ballard progressively drinking harder, disaster awaited them as they trekked from Miami to play several college dates across the South.—

Mark Ballard

… to create what is termed on Capitol Hill a train wreck—a budget crisis so awful that the President would have to seriously negotiate, and yield on taxes.—

Elizabeth Drew

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That’s why, even as Sunday’s 14-3 blowout loss to the Diamondbacks at Chase Field began to slip off the rails, manager Dave Roberts did little to stop the train wreck. —

Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024 If North Dakota State was a mixed bag, Nebraska was a train wreck. —

Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2024 In what became a five-run disaster for the Dodgers, the right-handed reliever simply made the train wreck complete. —

Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024 This ticket will prevent an internal train wreck at a time when the Democrats need to counter the headwinds that have promoted Donald Trump. —

Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for train wreck