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derail
[dee-reyl]
verb (used with object)
to cause (a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track.
to cause to fail or become deflected from a purpose; reduce or delay the chances for success or development of.
Being drafted into the army derailed his career for two years.
verb (used without object)
(of a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track.
to become derailed; go astray.
noun
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
derail
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
to go or cause to go off the rails, as a train, tram, etc
noun
Also called: derailer.a device designed to make rolling stock or locomotives leave the rails to avoid a collision or accident
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˈԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Yet Wilson’s panic attack can also be seen as the start of a lifelong struggle with mental illness that threatened to derail his career in the wake of “Pet Sounds.”
"This violence threatens to derail the very pursuit of justice it claims to challenge."
Trump’s Los Angeles takeover could derail the work the governor has put in to showcase his more moderate policy positions to America.
A committed Eurosceptic, he once derailed former Prime Minister Ted Heath on the programme - after proving that he had indeed, despite his denials, once signed a document agreeing to transfer UK gold reserves to Frankfurt.
In an opinion piece for Inside Higher Education, John Warner wrote that overrelying on ChatGPT for written tasks “risks derailing the important exploration of an idea that happens when we write.”
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