English to English verb
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cause to run off the tracks | | Example: they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste
source: wordnet30
2 |
run off or leave the rails | | Example: the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks
source: wordnet30
3 |
To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive. | | source: webster1913
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