Definitions for derail

derail de·rail

Spelling: [dee-reyl]
IPA: /diˈreɪl/

Derail is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in derail (adeilr).

Definitions for derail

noun

  1. a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause (a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track.
  2. to cause to fail or become deflected from a purpose; reduce or delay the chances for success or development of:

verb (used without object)

  1. (of a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track.
  2. to become derailed; go astray.

Origin of derail

1840-50; French dérailler, equivalent to dé- dis-1 + -railler, verbal derivative of rail rail1 (

Examples for derail

He knew for a certainty whose plantations he might traverse, and whose fences he might derail.

Violence, the White House worried, could derail civil rights legislation on Capitol Hill.

Stopping the engine they fitted it into the track in such a way that it seemed certain to derail the Confederate engine.

Even a delay in appointments can derail ongoing investigations and regulatory efforts.

Is he rejecting her, or rejecting her cautionary tale—unable to derail his destiny?

But let me be clear: if this Congress sends me a new sanctions bill now that threatens to derail these talks, I will veto it.

I had no dynamite with me, and I could neither blow it up nor derail it.

That would delay it or derail it, and neither option is acceptable.

Used optimally, carbs can enhance your fitness regimen—not derail it!

To add to the traveller's discomfort, the road-bed is as bad as it can be and not derail the cars constantly.

Word Value for derail
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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