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DERAIL definition: 1. If a train derails or is derailed, it comes off the railway tracks. 2. to prevent a plan or…. Learn more.
DERAIL meaning: 1. If a train derails or is derailed, it comes off the railway tracks. 2. to prevent a plan or…. Learn more.
The meaning of DERAIL is to cause to run off the rails. How to use derail in a sentence.
When a train or a subway derails, its wheels accidentally leave the tracks. Train cars that derail can cause the cars behind them to crash. Mistakes by engineers or flaws in the track can derail a train or trolley, sending it off the rails and sometimes injuring the passengers.
To derail something such as a plan or a series of negotiations means to prevent it from continuing as planned. ...an explosive issue that has derailed peace talks in the past. American English : derail / diˈreɪl /
[transitive] derail something to stop a process from continuing in the way it was intended to. This latest incident could derail the peace process. It is claims of financial irregularities which could ultimately derail his campaign. The company’s plans were initially derailed by problems with licence agreements.
verb (used with object) to cause (a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track. to cause to fail or become deflected from a purpose; reduce or delay the chances for success or development of: Being drafted into the army derailed his career for two years.
derailment. noun [countable, uncountable] See derail in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: derail. Definition of derail verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To derail something such as a plan or a series of negotiations means to prevent it from continuing as planned. ...an explosive issue that has derailed peace talks in the past. American English : derail / diˈreɪl /
DERAIL definition: 1. If a train derails, or is derailed, it comes off the railway tracks. 2. If you derail plans, you…. Learn more.
