transcription, транскрипция: [ di:reɪl ]
( derails, derailing, derailed)
1.
To derail something such as a plan or a series of negotiations means to prevent it from continuing as planned. ( JOURNALISM )
The present wave of political killings is the work of people trying to derail peace talks.
VERB : V n
2.
If a train is derailed or if it derails , it comes off the track on which it is running.
Several people were injured today when a train was derailed...
No-one knows why the train derailed.
VERB : be V-ed , V