Dictionary Entry
derail
derail is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.
- 2verb
run off or leave the rails
"the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
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- 3verb
cause to run off the tracks
"they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
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