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Derailed

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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derailed

vb. (en-past of: derail)

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Derailed (novel)

Derailed is a thriller novel written by James Siegel and published in February 2003. It tells the story of Charles Schine, a man who works in the advertising business, who suddenly finds himself having an affair, being blackmailed, and having the police investigate him for murder, all because he missed his usual commuter train one day.

Derailed (2005 film)

Derailed is a 2005 British-American crime thriller film based on the novel of the same name by James Siegel. The film is directed by Mikael Håfström and stars Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Giancarlo Esposito, David Morrissey, RZA and Xzibit. This was also the first film to be released by The Weinstein Company in the United States. The film is set in Chicago.

Derailed (2002 film)

Derailed is a 2002 American action film directed by Bob Misiorowski, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tomas Arana, Laura Harring and Jean-Claude Van Damme's real life son Kristopher Van Varenberg. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on October 15, 2002.

Derailed (Ugly Betty)

"Derailed" is the 16th episode from the dramedy series Ugly Betty, which aired on February 15, 2007. It was written by Cameron Litvack and directed by Jim Hayman.

Derailed

Derailed may refer to:

  • Derailment, in which a rail vehicle leaves the tracks on which it is travelling
Derailed (Hell on Wheels)

"Derailed" is the eighth episode of the first season of the American television drama series Hell On Wheels, which aired on January 1, 2012 on AMC. It is written by Mark Richard, and directed by David Von Ancken. In the episode, a train is derailed by the Cheyenne and Durant ( Colm Meaney) orders Cullen ( Anson Mount) to lead a team to track them; Lily ( Dominique McElligott) moves out of Durant's coach and into her own tent beside the brothel, which allows her to become fast friends with Eva ( Robin McLeavy); and tension mounts for Cullen's team in the pursuit of the renegade Indian tribe.

Usage examples of "derailed".

Then word was given the engineer of the relief train to back down and haul the derailed locomotive back on to the track.

The derailed train shook under Yeager and Daniels as shells slammed into it.

The plane's gun cut loose just then, lashing the derailed train with another whip of fire.

If Mutt had an ounce of sense--and Mutt had a lot more than an ouncehe was getting away from the derailed train, too.

When life occasionally seemed to ratify this belief—as when a train derailed near enough for him to see, on Track 110 -- Rosie vanished for weeks at a time, and Rhiow worried about him even more than she did usually.

Track 32 had the derailed train, its sideways-skewed front splashed with lizard blood, a heap of dead saurians trapped underneath it, and the faint cries of ehhif coming from inside.

What I want and have to do is find Eli Wheat and the men that derailed that train and caused so many good and innocent people to die--some of them slowly and in great pain.

But I was on the train that was derailed a few days ago and sent down the mountainside just beyond the summit.

Longarm began, "I'm looking for the men who derailed and robbed that Union Pacific passenger train.

It would have been very easy for him to have joined the robbers and then derailed the train and returned that same evening.

If Blake Huntington was a member of the outlaw gang that had derailed the Union Pacific Railroad train and then robbed its mail car safe, he would now be warned and therefore all the more wary.

Longarm said, "I mean I think he is part of the gang that derailed the Union Pacific at Laramie Summit.

And his nephew was part of the same gang that derailed that train at Laramie Pass.

If Mutt had an ounce of sense—and Mutt had a lot more than an ounce—he was getting away from the derailed train, too.

The red flickering light showed Yeager more people scrambling out of the derailed train, and others standing in the cornfield like him and Mutt He looked down toward the locomotive, and saw at once why the train had overturned: the engine and the coal car behind it had tumbled into a bomb crater.