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derail

/di'reɪl/

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verb
run off or leave the rails
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"the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

Similar:

jump

type of:
go locomote move travel
verb
cause to run off the tracks
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"they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"

type of:
weaken countermine sabotage subvert undermine counteract

Examples of derail

"the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
"they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"