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DERAIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run off or leave the rails

Example:

the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks

Synonyms:

derail; jump

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "derail" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

derailment (an accident in which a train runs off its track)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to run off the tracks

Example:

they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "derail" is one way to...):

counteract; countermine; sabotage; subvert; undermine; weaken (destroy property or hinder normal operations)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

derailment (an accident in which a train runs off its track)

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