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derail

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derail in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. run off or leave the rails
    "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
    derail  jump 
  2. cause to run off the tracks
    "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
    derail 
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