What does Derail mean?
Definitions for Derail
diˈreɪlde·rail
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Princeton's WordNet
derailverb
cause to run off the tracks
"they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
derail, jumpverb
run off or leave the rails
"the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
Wiktionary
derailnoun
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.
derailverb
To cause to come off the tracks.
The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.
derailverb
To come off the tracks.
derailverb
To deviate from the previous course or direction.
The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.
derailverb
To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
The protesting students derailed the professor's lecture.
Etymology: From de- + rail.
Wikipedia
Derail
A derail or derailer is a device used to prevent fouling (blocking or compromising) of a rail track (or collision with anything present on the track, such as a person, or a train) by unauthorized movements of trains or unattended rolling stock. The device works by derailing the equipment as it rolls over or through it. Although accidental derailment is damaging to equipment and track, and requires considerable time and expense to remedy, derails are used in situations where there is a risk of greater damage to equipment, injury or death if equipment is allowed to proceed past the derail point.
ChatGPT
derail
To derail typically means to cause something to deviate from its intended or planned course, progress or direction. Most commonly, it could pertain to a train's dislodgment from its tracks or an individual's deviation from their planned activity or course of action. This term can be used in various contexts such as transportation, project management, or personal development.
Webster Dictionary
Derailverb
to cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Derail
de-rāl′, v.t. to cause to leave the rails.—n. Derail′ment.
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railed
redial
relaid
re-laid
dialer
laired
ariled
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Derail in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Derail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Derail in a Sentence
The BOJ is caught between financial markets anticipating a policy pivot and the recognition that [a] premature exit would likely derail the economy and any hope of achieving the kind of sustained, demand-driven 2% inflation the bank is aiming for, at the same time, consumer price inflation is still uncomfortably high. All of this requires careful maneuvering and communication.
Time is not on our side. For us their hesitations are creating an opportunity for these terrorist groups to fill the void and whose objective is clear: derail the peace process.
It is difficult to find anyone who is bullish right now on oil, saudi Arabia has basically told the world that Saudi Arabia's full steam ahead in production. Add the global oil glut and the strong dollar weighing on commodities, and it's a one-way ticket down with nothing on the horizon to derail it.
If you can just somehow keep the momentum going and battle out those tough times you might be able to keep a round going. If you completely derail, which can happen really easily, you lose your swing, you lose your touch, it's hard to get it back.
We've heard claims that you are' soft on crime.' These baseless charges are unfair, i'm confident the American people will see through these attacks and any other last-minute attempts to derail Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin confirmation.
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