Crossword clues for derailing
derailing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. The act by which something is derailed. vb. (present participle of derail English)
Usage examples of "derailing".
If the United States embarks on a military campaign against Iraq, Baghdad might very well decide to try to overthrow King Abdallah as a way of forestalling or derailing the campaign.
Directly ahead of him rose a semaphore, placed at a point where evidently a derailing switch branched from the line.
Police or prosecutors who did discover that kind of evidence but suppressed it, actively derailing the judicial process.
He said that he didn't want me derailing your career because the really good ones didn't come along all that often.
By seventeen, he was taking part in Balkan politics—blowing up bridges, derailing trains, shooting at cabinet ministers.
So, it isn't just derailing strong old habits that we have to guard against, but also tempting immediate pleasures which disrupt our achieving long-term goals.
Chimes resounded around the drawing room, derailing Clare’s train of thought.