derail

2 definitions found

derail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Derail \De*rail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derailed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Derailing.]
     To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a
     locomotive. --Lardner.
     [1913 Webster]

derail - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  derail
      v 1: cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail
           the trains that carried atomic waste"
      2: run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow
         was standing on the tracks" [syn: derail, jump]