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derail

verb

1 derail

Cause to run off the tracks.

Roget 142: cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt; break off, leave off; hold, stop, pull up, stop short; stick, hang fire; halt; ... show more

Dutch: ontsporen

2 derail

Run off or leave the rails:
— The train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks.

synonym: jump.


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