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- Dictionaryde·rail/dəˈrāl/
verb
- 1. cause (a train or trolley car) to leave its tracks accidentally: "a train was derailed after it collided with a herd of cattle"
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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.
1. : to cause to run off the rails. 2. a. : to obstruct the progress of : frustrate. security problems derailed the tour. b. : to upset the stability or composure of. divorce … can seriously derail an employee Joanne Gordon. intransitive verb. : to leave the rails. derailment. di-ˈrāl-mənt. dē- noun. Synonyms. agitate. ail.
to prevent a plan or process from succeeding: Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of derailed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
1. to cause (a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track. 2. to cause to be deflected from a purpose or direction, permanently or temporarily: A skiing accident derailed her dancing career. v.i. 3. to run off the rails of a track. 4. to become derailed; go astray.
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.
DERAIL meaning: 1. If a train derails or is derailed, it comes off the railway tracks. 2. to prevent a plan or…. Learn more.
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.
1. verb. To derail something such as a plan or a series of negotiations means to prevent it from continuing as planned. [journalism] The present wave of political killings is the work of people trying to derail peace talks. [VERB noun] ...a fear that any reform could be derailed by hard-line Communists. [VERB noun]
derail meaning, definition, what is derail: if a train derails or something derails ...: Learn more.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of derail. Wiktionary. Synonyms: thwarted. deflected. jumped. Derailed Sentence Examples. Her entire thought train derailed as she gaped at the man beside Katie. It's just that I got derailed and I need to get on track. The VCR was nearly derailed over the issue of copyrights.
