Word Finder - derail

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A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.

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The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.

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An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.

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To cause to come off the tracks.

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The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.

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To come off the tracks.

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To deviate from the previous course or direction.

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The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.

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To cause to deviate from a set course or direction; derange.

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The protesting students derailed the professor's lecture.

Then we will list the things that might derail us on the way to that future.

The train didn't derail... and she wasn't in the car.

The last thing you want as a beginner is to have an injury derail your exercise plan.

Whatever tricks Irving tried, he could not derail Browning ' s calm, precise delivery of facts establishing that the genocide happened.

Portion size is one of the biggest issues to derail people on a calorie-restricted diet.

These small bites provide you with a burst of energy and stave off cravings that can derail your diet.

Realize that a simple snowstorm that's unexpected could derail your ability to find home.

Eating meals on the run - Eating on the run can derail a diet in a hurry.

At home, there are no waiting lines to throw you off the groove and no surprising "out of order" signs to derail you from your established program.

Additionally, rising health care costs, considered by some to be a runaway train, are external factors that may derail even the most detailed retirement and estate planning.

The body uses natural pain killers, called endorphins, that are meant to derail further pain messages from the same source.

The time to begin checking your reports is now, before unknown problems, or problems you should have previously done something about, derail your plans.

The time to check your reports is now, before unknown problems, or those you should have done something about, derail your plans.

Some people find a visual reminder of all their hard work inspiring, but if you hit a plateau or even gain a pound or two, seeing those numbers on paper could derail your efforts.

She wasn't going to let a serial killer who chose not to kill her derail her day.

Although Gahan's much chronicled struggle with drug abuse has threatened to derail the band many times, Depeche Mode has managed to become one of the longest lasting acts in music.

So while such an attack and its aftermath would not derail our eventual arrival at the next golden age, it quite possibly would delay it.

Having said all of that, government should certainly be watched with a suspicious eye, for it could conceivably delay or derail our ascent to the next golden age.