derail
Synonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derailSynonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail.
» The train was derailed and about thirty passengers were either killed or injured.
Der Zug entgleiste, und es gab ca. 30 Tote und Verletzte unter den Fahrgästen. — xtofu80
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2 sensesSynonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail.
The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.
An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.
Examples
23 sentencesThe train was derailed and about thirty passengers were either killed or injured.
deDer Zug entgleiste, und es gab ca. 30 Tote und Verletzte unter den Fahrgästen. — xtofu80
The train was derailed.
ruПоезд сошёл с рельсов. — marafon
deDer Zug entgleiste. — xtofu80
A tram derailed.
Трамвай зійшов з рейок. — Walentinio
ruТрамвай сошёл с рельсов. — BW
The tram derailed.
Трамвай зійшов з рейок. — Walentinio
ruТрамвай сошёл с рельсов. — BW
The bicycle chain keeps on derailing.
deDie Fahrradkette geht immer wieder ab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From French dérailler (“to go off the rails”). Analyzable as de- + rail.From French dérailler (“to go off the rails”). Analyzable as de- + rail.
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