mayhem vs train wreck

mayhem

noun
  • A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos. 

  • The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for defense or protection. 

  • Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing. 

  • The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose. 

train wreck

noun
  • Someone (especially a woman) who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin. 

  • The aftermath of a train crash. 

  • A disaster, especially one which is large in scale and readily seen by public observers. 

verb
  • To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster. 

How often have the words mayhem and train wreck occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )