Derailing

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo cause to come off the tracks.

"The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny."

2.verbTo come off the tracks.

3.verbTo deviate from the previous course or direction.

"The conversation derailed once James brought up politics."

4.verbTo cause to deviate from a set course or direction; derange.

"The protesting students derailed the professor's lecture."

5.nounThe act by which something is derailed.

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