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Word: derail (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To come off the tracks.
  • intransitive To deviate from the previous course or direction.
  • transitive To cause to come off the tracks.
  • transitive To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.

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