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English Dictionary: derail by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
derail
v
  1. cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
  2. run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
    Synonym(s): derail, jump
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Derail \De*rail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derailed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Derailing}.]
      To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a
      locomotive. --Lardner.
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