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derail

DEFINITIONS OF: derail

1

v run off or leave the rails

“the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks”
Synonyms:
jump
Type of:
go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

v cause to run off the tracks

“they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste”
Type of:
counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken
destroy property or hinder normal operations
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