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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dee-reyl
Phonetic Transcription : diˈreɪl



Definition of derailed

Origin :
  • 1850, in both transitive and intransitive senses, from French dérailler "to go off the rails," from de- (see de-) + railler (see rail (n.1)). In general use first in U.S. Related: Derailed; derailing.
  • verb go off the rails
Example sentences :
  • But Josiah's train of thought had evidently been derailed by the interruption.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The wheels hit ice, and it's either back out or get derailed.
  • Extract from : « The White Desert » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • It had been derailed to make way for the up passenger train.
  • Extract from : « Stories Of Georgia » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • Patience of the kind the good God has with us all, is due His derailed children.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Types » by V. M. Masten
  • There must have been a broken brake, for he derailed the car not half a mile ahead of us.
  • Extract from : « The U.P. Trail » by Zane Grey
  • Then they listened, hoping to hear the crash of a derailed engine.
  • Extract from : « Brave Deeds of Union Soldiers » by Samuel Scoville
  • That is, the engine had struck a glancing blow, and had been derailed.
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm » by Laura Lee Hope
  • Trains were derailed and looted, usually with sharp fighting.
  • Extract from : « Rebel Raider » by H. Beam Piper
  • A broken flange had derailed three cars of the freight, and the block was impassable.
  • Extract from : « The Grafters » by Francis Lynde
  • It did not seem safe to push very hard, lest the engine should itself be derailed.
  • Extract from : « London to Ladysmith via Pretoria » by Winston Spencer Churchill

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