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de⋅rail

  [dee-reyl]
Use derailed in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause (a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track.
2. to cause to fail or become deflected from a purpose; reduce or delay the chances for success or development of: Being drafted into the army derailed his career for two years.
–verb (used without object)
3. (of a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track.
4. to become derailed; go astray.
–noun
5. a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
Origin:
1840–50; < F dérailler, equiv. to dé- dis- 1 + -railler, v. deriv. of rail rail 1 (< E)
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de·rail   (dē-rāl')   
intr. & tr.v.   de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails

  1. To run or cause to run off the rails.

  2. To come or bring to a sudden halt: a campaign derailed by lack of funds; a policy that derailed under the new administration.


[French dérailler : dé-, off (from Old French de-; see de-) + rail, rail (from English; see rail1).]
de·rail'ment n.
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Word Origin & History

derail 
1850, in both trans. and intrans. senses, from Fr. dérailler, first in general use in U.S. See rail.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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