Derail

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  • intransitive & transitive verb. To run or cause to run off the rails.
  • intransitive & transitive verb. To come or bring to a sudden halt.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In railroading, a switch which is designed to divert or throw a train or car from the track or to stop its further progress.
  • To cause to leave the rails or run off the track, as a railroad-train: as, the engine was derailed at the crossing.
  • To run off the track or rails.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.
  • verb. To cause to come off the tracks.
  • verb. To come off the tracks.
  • verb. To deviate from the previous course or direction.
  • verb. To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cause to run off the tracks
  • verb. run off or leave the rails
  • Word Usage
    "But if it gets too heavy, it could To use your term derail the fun train."
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