Synonyms for railroad
ˈreɪlˌroʊdrail·road

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1. railroadnoun

   Synonyms:
   railway

2. railroadnoun

   To transport via railroad.

   Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads

   Synonyms:
   railway

3. railroadnoun

   To operate a railroad.

   The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly

   Synonyms:
   railway

4. railroadnoun

   To work for a railroad.

   Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other

   Synonyms:
   railway

5. railroadnoun

   To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

   The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.

   Synonyms:
   railway

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1. railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway systemnoun

   line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

   Synonyms:
   railway line, railway, line, railroad track, railway system, railroad line, rail line

2. railroad track, railroad, railwayverb

   a line of track providing a runway for wheels

   "he walked along the railroad track"

   Synonyms:
   railway, railroad line, railway system, railway line, railroad track

3. dragoon, sandbag, railroadverb

   compel by coercion, threats, or crude means

   "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"

   Synonyms:
   stun, dragoon, sandbag

4. railroadverb

   supply with railroad lines

   "railroad the West"

   Synonyms:
   dragoon, sandbag

5. railroadverb

   transport by railroad

   Synonyms:
   dragoon, sandbag

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1. • Coerce
   • Supply
   • Transport

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1. railroadnoun

   Synonyms:
   railway

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1. railroadnoun

   Synonyms:
   railway

2. railroadverb

   Synonyms:
   hurry, rush

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1. List of paraphrases for "railroad":

   railway, rail, railways, korail, iron

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1. Assistant Police Chief Jason Benites:

   The vehicle was actually straddling the railroad tracks.

2. Alan Brody:

   I also remember thinking, 'Are you kidding? Who could imagine that a major commuter railroad runs through this?'.

3. Senators Diane Feinstein of California:

   It is entirely inappropriate that the railroad industry would make hostages of America's passenger rail services and chemical shippers in order to secure their favored legislative outcome, it is offensive that only when a railroad could face full liability for an accident that they find operation without PTC to be unacceptably dangerous.

4. Mike DeWine:

   There’s been a concern by citizens, very understandably, that the railroad started, got the tracks back on and started running and the soil under the tracks had not been dealt with, so, under the administrator’s order, that soil will be removed. So the tracks will have to be taken up and that soil will have to be removed.

5. John Boehner:

   I'm in full agreement this is not the way to run a railroad, but remember the alternative.