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derailde‧rail /ˌdiːˈreɪl, dɪ-/ verb derailOrigin: 1800-1900 French dérailler, from English rail VERB TABLEderail |
Present | I, you, we, they | derail | | he, she, it | derails | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | derailed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have derailed | | he, she, it | has derailed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had derailed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will derail | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have derailed |
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Present | I | am derailing | | he, she, it | is derailing | | you, we, they | are derailing | Past | I, he, she, it | was derailing | | you, we, they | were derailing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been derailing | | he, she, it | has been derailing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been derailing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be derailing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been derailing |
- Forty-five people were injured when a passenger train derailed near Ottumwa, Iowa.
- Radicals are trying to derail the peace process.
- A mainline railway train was derailed by the car.
- Bidding on the first of the plants opened in November, but opponents are fighting hard to derail the plan.
- Borrowing thematically from Medea, this world premier unfolds as she attempts to derail the wedding, prompting Cortez to vow revenge.
- Central Promenade 1984: a car is pulled clear of the track after derailing in sand. 1.
- However, two important developments occurred to derail the peace process.
- It also ignores the possibility that the story will be wholly or partly derailed somewhere along the line.
- It was on that stretch of track that the Sunset Limited derailed in October near Hyder.
- Legislation to derail these plans was voted on by the Senate last year.
► Trains & Railwaysbaggage car, nounbaggage room, nounboat train, nounboxcar, nounBR, nounbuffer, nouncaboose, nouncarriage, nouncattle truck, nounchoo-choo, nouncoach, nouncommunication cord, nounconductor, nouncouchette, nouncowcatcher, nouncutting, nounday return, noundepartures board, noundepot, nounderail, verbdining car, nounelectrify, verbemergency cord, nounengine, nounexpress, nounflatcar, nounfreight, nounfreight train, noungauge, noungrade, noungrade crossing, noungradient, nounguard, nounguard's van, nounhandcar, nouninbound, adjectivelight railway, nounline, nounlineman, nounlocal, nounlocomotive, nounloop, nounmail train, nounmain line, nounmetro, nounmonorail, nounnarrow gauge, nounplatform, nounPullman, nounrail, nounrailroad, nounrailway, nounrailway line, nounrailway station, nounrapid transit system, nounrestaurant car, nounrolling stock, nounshunt, verbshunt, nounsiding, nounsignal, nounsignal box, nounsignalman, nounsleeper, nounsleeping car, nounspur, nounstation master, nounsteam, nounstock car, nounsubway, nountender, nounterminus, nounthrust, nountrack, nountrain, nountrain spotter, nountruck, nounturntable, nounvan, nounvestibule, nounwagon, nounway station, noun ► a train derails/is derailed (=comes off the rails)· Most of the passengers escaped injury when their train was derailed. NOUN► train· Anyone who is stupid enough to try and derail a train should be locked away for a long time.· There is no need to risk derailing the peace train once again. 1[intransitive, transitive] if a train derails or something derails it, it goes off the tracks2[transitive] to spoil or interrupt a plan, agreement etc: a mistake that might derail the negotiations—derailment noun [countable, uncountable] |