Derail

Etymology
From de- + rail.

Noun

 * 1) A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.
 * The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to come off the tracks.
 * The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.
 * 1)  To come off the tracks.
 * 2)  To deviate from the previous course or direction.
 * The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.
 * 1)  To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
 * The protesting students derailed the professor's lecture.

Derived terms

 * derailment

Translations

 * Bulgarian: дерайлирам
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: suistua [raiteilta]


 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Finnish: suistua [raiteilta]


 * German:


 * Finnish: suistaa [raiteilta]


 * German: zum Entgleisen bringen

Anagrams

 * dialer
 * laired
 * railed
 * redial
 * relaid, re-laid

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