derail
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /dəˈreɪl/, /ˌdiːˈreɪl/
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- Rhymes: -eɪl
[edit] Noun
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derail (plural derails)
- A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.
- The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.
[edit] Verb
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to derail (third-person singular simple present derails, present participle derailing, simple past and past participle derailed)
- (transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.
- The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.
- (intransitive) To come off the tracks.
- (intransitive) To deviate from the previous course or direction.
- The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.
- (transitive) To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
- The protesting students derailed the professor's lecture.
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[edit] Translations
to come off the tracks
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to deviate from the previous course or direction
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to cause to deviate from a set course or direction
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