Meaning of DERAIL
| Pronunciation: | | dee'reyl
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | jump |
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| | See Also: | | counteract, countermine, go, locomote, move, sabotage, subvert, travel, undermine, weaken | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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