derail (redirected from derailments)

de·rail  (d-rl)

intr. & tr.v. de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails

1. To run or cause to run off the rails.

2. To come or bring to a sudden halt: a campaign derailed by lack of funds; a policy that derailed under the new administration.

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[French dérailler : dé-, off (from Old French de-; see de-) + rail, rail (from English; see rail¹).]

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de·railment n.

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derail

Verb

to cause (a train or tram) to go off the rails

derailment n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	derail - cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste" countermine, sabotage, undermine, weaken, subvert, counteract - destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
	2.	derail - run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" jump go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

Translations

derail [dɪˈreɪl] vt to be derailed → descarrilarse

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derail [dɪˈreɪl] vt → faire dérailler;

to be derailed → dérailler

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derail [dɪˈreɪl] vt to be derailed → entgleisen

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derail [dɪˈreɪl] vt → far deragliare;

to be derailed → deragliare