derail

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verb

1. cause to run off the tracks
- they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste
• Derivationally related forms:
derailment
• Hypernyms:
sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. run off or leave the rails
- the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks
• Syn:
jump
• Derivationally related forms:
derailment
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s