Definition of derails Derails
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What does derails mean?
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| derail - run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" | ||
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| locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
| derail - cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste" | ||
| sabotage, countermine, undermine, counteract, subvert, weaken destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- derail (Noun)
A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- derail (v. t.)
To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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derail
To come off the tracks.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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derail
de-rāl′, v.t. to cause to leave the rails.—n. Derail′ment
