detrain
verb (used without object)
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
have detrained
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present perfectof detrain.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The enemy must have detrained a large number of troops at Wilmslow, for the British cavalry scouts were quickly followed up by Cossacks and the Tsar's Dragoons.
From The Great War in England in 1897 by William Le Queux
