About The Word Derail
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Derail
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What's The Definition Of Derail?
[v] run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
[v] cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste" Synonyms | Synonyms for Derail: jump Related Terms | Find terms related to Derail: See Also | counteract | countermine | go | locomote | move | sabotage | subvert | travel | undermine | weaken Derail In Webster's Dictionary \De*rail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derailed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Derailing}.]
To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a
locomotive. --Lardner.
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