OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 35623

derail

/ˌdəˈɹeɪ.əl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
descarriar • descarrilar • desrielar
To cause to come off the tracks.
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 l…
The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the collision.