derails

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third-person singular of derail
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To come off the tracks
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To cause to come off the tracks

The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.

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To deviate from the previous course or direction

The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.

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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.

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A Derail or Derailer is a device used to prevent fouling of a track by unauthorized movements of trains or unattended rolling stock. It works (as the name suggests) by derailing the equipment as it rolls over or through the derail
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To cause to deviate from a set course or direction
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run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste
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to cause to run off the rails
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If a train is derailed or if it derails, it comes off the track on which it is running. Several people were injured today when a train was derailed No-one knows why the train derailed
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cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste
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run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
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A track safety device designed to guide a car off the rails at a specific spot as a means of protection against collisions or other accidents
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To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive
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{f} cause to run off the rails (as in a train); sabotage, throw off course
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A device placed over the rail to prevent a car from rolling out of a siding (for example) and onto the main line
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To derail something such as a plan or a series of negotiations means to prevent it from continuing as planned. The present wave of political killings is the work of people trying to derail peace talks
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(verb) to leave the rails
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hop toad, rabbit Lantern: bug torch, shiner, bird cage Trainman's Badge: brain plate Switch: gate Telegraph Instrument: bug Train Order: flimsy, tissue Telegraph Wires: strings Typewriter: mill, threshing machine Conductor's Train Book: a first reader Meal Book: pie card, grazing ticket Bed: flop Lunch Carried to Work: nosebag Stopping For Meals: taking your minutes
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cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
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