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to derail
01
(of a train) to accidentally go off the tracks
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
derail
3rd person singular
derails
Present participle
derailing
Past simple
derailed
Past participle
derailed
Examples
The heavy rain and slippery tracks led to a tragic incident as the express train derailed.
02
to cause a train or vehicle to leave its tracks
Transitive: to derail a train
Examples
Authorities investigated an attempted act of sabotage that derailed a passenger train.
Lexical Tree
derailment
derail
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