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Derail

Derail Meaning & Definition
Derail Definition And Meaning

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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