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Bring to a sudden stop
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derail
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Word definitions for derail in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1850, in both transitive and intransitive senses, from French dérailler "to go off the rails," from de- (see de- ) + railler (see rail (n.1)). In general use first in U.S. Related: Derailed ; derailing .\n
Usage examples of derail.
And if my life was sought, there was no reason to derail a freight train in Oklahoma City a year ago.
In theory, there should have been nothing the meddling American could do to derail Gomorrah, but Khan was not inclined to take chances where Seven was concerned.
Walker will be trying to derail production of the A-100 by hyping figures the government will spend on the program.
The Pioneer had derailed in Boise on that exact same spot back in 1993.
That would have thrown a spanner in the works and derailed the whole M16-Watergate operation.
A fit of wet, violent coughing derailed his explanation, and he dabbed at his sweaty brow with a well-worn handkerchief.
There was only one way she knew to work independent of him, to prevent him from derailing her case.
He was receiving payments in exchange for the information and of course had the added incentive of derailing a Navy project.
For what deference can be given to a name, though not in itself a thing of dishonor, which represents the failure to derail the evitable fate which wrecks the race of man again and again.
The line was blocked, derailing attempt, they broke it up between Anglet and Bayonne, train was delayed two hours.
Most of all, having trouble focusing on discussion: Single unanswered question kept intruding, clamoring for answer, derailing extraneous thoughts.
Carlotta had already begun the next step in her simplified explanation, but now she paused in midword, derailed by surprise.
Descroix to actively seek to derail the negotiating process, we were able to feed her certain selected information which helped move her at least a bit in the direction we wanted.
Strategy Committee is already working on a plan to at least destabilize and hopefully permanently derail the Talbott annexation.
It had also derailed the effort by the United States to separate the coastal country of Delmonico from its hostile neighbor, Rebelia, and bring it one step closer to the European Union and NATO.