runaway diesel

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runaway diesel (plural runaway diesels)

  1. (automotive) A diesel internal combustion engine which is uncontrollable with conventional means due to an aspirated fuel leak that revs faster and faster to destruction unless stopped.
  2. (rail transport) A runaway train with a diesel locomotive.
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