Synonyms for derail

Synonyms for (verb) derail

Synonyms: derail, jump

Definition: run off or leave the rails

Usage: the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks

Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move

Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast


Synonyms: derail

Definition: cause to run off the tracks

Usage: they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste

Similar words: sabotage, counteract, countermine, weaken, undermine, subvert

Definition: destroy property or hinder normal operations

Usage: The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war


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