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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | weaken, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, counteract |
| Derivation | derailment |
they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste.
Examples of derail
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The one issue that threatens to derail Bridesmaids at any moment is its editing.
From the smh.com.au
In previous years there has always been something to pop up and derail the plan.
From the times.co.nz
It makes you appear that you want to antagonize and derail, not debate or learn.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
It remains to be seen whether individual lawmakers will seek to derail the bill.
From the online.wsj.com
Too much is at stake to let differences over abortion derail real health reform.
From the newsweek.com
Here's a rundown of which teams might derail the seven's BCS title game chances.
From the freep.com
No single athlete has the power to propel, or derail, his sport more than Woods.
From the time.com
Few predict terror alone will derail business travel to India for the long haul.
From the usatoday.com
It was not clear what caused the first train to derail outside the city of Zibo.
From the omaha.com
- Cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
- A Derail or Derailer is a device used to prevent fouling of a track by unauthorized movements of trains or unattended rolling stock. It works (as the name suggests) by derailing the equipment as it rolls over or through the derail.
- (Derailed (1942 film)) Afsporet (English: Derailed) is a 1942 Danish thriller directed by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr.. ...
- (Derailed (2002)) Derailed is a 2002 action movie directed by Bob Misiorowski and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Tomas Arana.
- 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 Hu00E5fstru00F6m 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 (novel)) Derailed is a thriller novel written by James Siegel and published in February 2003. ...
- (Derailed (song)) Welcome to the Dance is the fifth regular studio album by all-female German pop group No Angels, released by Polydor and Universal Music Domestic throughout German-speaking Europe on September 11, 2009 (see 2009 in music). ...
- (Derailed (Ugly Betty)) "Derailed" is the sixteenth episode from the dramedy series Ugly Betty, which aired on February 15, 2007. It was written by Cameron Litvack and directed by Jim Hayman.
- A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail; To cause to come off the tracks; To come off the tracks; To deviate from the previous course or direction; To cause to deviate from a set course or direction
