The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.
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Derail
//ˌdəˈɹeɪ.əl//
Synonyms for "derail" (5 found)
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43 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- дерайлирам verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Catalan
1 entries- descarrilar verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 出軌 /出轨 verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
- 脫軌 /脱轨 verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
- 越軌 /越轨 verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Czech
1 entries- vykolejit verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Dutch
1 entries- ontsporen verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Finnish
4 entries- suistaa verb (to cause to deviate from a set course or direction)
- suistaa raiteilta verb (to cause to deviate from a set course or direction)
- suistua verb (to deviate from the previous course or direction)
- suistua raiteilta verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
French
2 entries- dérailler verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
- dérailler verb (to deviate from the previous course or direction)
German
3 entries- entgleisen verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
- entgleisen verb (to deviate from the previous course or direction)
- zum Entgleisen bringen verb (to cause to deviate from a set course or direction)
Greek
1 entries- εκτροχιάζομαι verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Hungarian
2 entries- kisiklat verb (to cause to deviate from a set course or direction)
- kisiklik verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Italian
3 entries- deragliare verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
- deragliare verb (to deviate from the previous course or direction)
- sbandare verb (to deviate from the previous course or direction)
Latin
1 entries- dēlīrō verb (to deviate from the previous course or direction)
Malayalam
1 entries- പാളം തെറ്റുക verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Norwegian
1 entries- spore av verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Polish
2 entries- wykoleić się verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
- wykolejać się verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Portuguese
2 entries- descarrilar verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
- descarrilhar verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Romanian
2 entries- deraia verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
- submina verb (to cause to deviate from a set course or direction)
Russian
4 entries- пуска́ть под отко́с verb (to cause to deviate from a set course or direction)
- сойти́ с ре́льсов verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
- сорва́ть verb (to cause to deviate from a set course or direction)
- срыва́ть verb (to cause to deviate from a set course or direction)
Spanish
3 entries- descarriar verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
- descarrilar verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
- desrielar verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Swedish
1 entries- spåra ur verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trật bánh verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Welsh
1 entries- direilio verb (to cause to come off the tracks)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the collision.
Source: wiktionary
Among recommendations arising out of the accident were that greater attention should be devoted to the means of derailing runaways on lines so heavily graded as the Highland main line; were it double throughout, catch points would, of course, be laid in, but the catchpoint problem is a difficult one on a single line.
Source: wiktionary
Fortunately, the CrossCountry train did not derail when it struck the mud. It could easily have been much worse.
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