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derail

/ derail /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
run off or leave the rails
"the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
Type of:
travel go move
Derived:
derailment
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 2
cause to run off the tracks
"they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
Type of:
sabotage undermine countermine
Derived:
derailment
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
24%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
8
Times Searched
3
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travel go move sabotage undermine countermine