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derail
verb
run off or leave the rails
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- D
- Ends with
- L
- Contains
- ERAI
- Scrabble score
- 7
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
dəˈɹeɪl
Meaning
Definitions
verb
run off or leave the rails
“the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks”
verb
cause to run off the tracks
“they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste”
In context
Example Sentences
the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks
they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste
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