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 [dɪˈreɪl]

vb

(Transport / Railways) to go or cause to go off the rails, as a train, tram, etc.

n

(Transport / Railways) Also called derailer Chiefly US a device designed to make rolling stock or locomotives leave the rails to avoid a collision or accident

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"

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derail

verb prevent, stop, block, check, frustrate, hamper, foil, inhibit, avert, thwart, obstruct, impede, forestall, nip in the bud a fear that any reform could be derailed by hard-liners

Translations

derail [dɪˈreɪl]

A. VT → hacer descarrilar

B. VI → descarrilar

derail [diːˈreɪl] vt

[+ train] → faire dérailler
to be derailed → dérailler

(= throw off course) [+ plan, negotiations] → faire avorter
to be derailed [plan] → être mis(e) en échec

derail

vt → zum Entgleisen bringen, entgleisen lassen; (fig) plan, negotiations → scheitern lassen; to be derailed → entgleisen

vi → entgleisen

derail [dɪˈreɪl] vt → far deragliare
to be derailed → deragliare

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derail [dɪˈreɪl] vt → far deragliare
to be derailed → deragliare