derail
/dɪˈreɪl/
verb
- To cause a train to come off the tracks.
- A broken rail caused the freight train to derail near the station.
- Investigators are trying to determine what made the passenger train derail.
- The engineer applied the emergency brakes to prevent the train from derailing.
- To disrupt or cause something to fail or go off course.
- A scandal threatened to derail his political campaign.
- Her injury derailed her hopes of competing in the Olympics.
- The sudden storm derailed our plans for a picnic.
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