(v. t.) To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.
Example Sentences:
(1) They have repeatedly threatened to derail the country's progress," Kassem added.
(2) It may unsettle Exxon Mobil a little but they are pretty experienced now and I don’t think they would derail anything,” she said.
(3) Sadly, the Jewish fanatic who assassinated Rabin in 1995 achieved his broader aim of derailing the peace train.
(4) The Virgin train service from London Euston to Glasgow Central derailed on the west coast mainline near Grayrigg on 23 February 2007, with 109 people on board.
(5) Economy Clegg, Alexander and Laws have been determined backers of Osborne's austerity plan and have not been derailed from that view by claims that deep public sector cuts have damaged growth.
(6) Apprehension mounted but Liverpool's title pursuit could not be derailed.
(7) But the agreement was hard fought and civil society groups expressed "deep concern" over attempts by some conservative member states and groups to derail the process and undermine previous agreements.
(8) Australia attempts to derail UN plan to ban nuclear weapons Read more Australia has spent months in negotiations over the proposed negotiations, seeking to stymie the push for a ban on nuclear weapons, and has sought to press the case for what it describes as a “building blocks” approach of engaging with nuclear powers to reduce the global stockpile of 15,000 weapons.
(9) David, Marcelo and Simon are thrilled by the initial outpouring of support we’ve received from our fans and we’re excited about sharing our plans with the city, county and community soon.” The accord comes after almost 18 months of haggling with city lawmakers over the potential location, which had tested the patience of MLS officials and threatened to derail the hopes of an MLS franchise ever coming to the city.
(10) The results returned on Saturday night belie the weeks of derailed campaigning and defensive strategy from the National party.
(11) On July 14, 1991, a train tanker car derailed in northern California, spilling 19,000 gallons of the soil fumigant metam sodium (sodium methyldithiocarbamate) into the Sacramento River north of Redding (Figure 1).
(12) A few recent headlines from British newspapers: "Power blackout traps 250,000 Tube travellers"; "Weekend of rail chaos 'only just the beginning' "; "Train was 'almost derailed' as it tried to make up time"; "Hundreds of rail station upgrades abandoned in cutbacks"; "Anger as 70-mile train trip takes nine hours in heat"; etc, etc, etc.
(13) The ambitious plan by the education secretary, Michael Gove , to announce a fresh wave of academy schools was temporarily derailed when his junior minister Nick Gibb was forced into the Commons to answer charges that his department had misallocated funds for academies.
(14) Describing her as a cheerleader who excelled in her schoolwork, the man recounted how her life was derailed by substance abuse.
(15) He said military action would not derail, but assist the peace process.
(16) That suggested a Fed belief that the drop in share prices will slow the economy but not derail it completely.
(17) The regular season, however, almost derailed the team.
(18) Paris climate summit: world leaders told to iron out differences before talks end Read more The 2009 conference achieved a broad commitment from countries to lower emissions by 2020, but derailed over disagreement between developed and developing countries over the strength of the cuts.
(19) While O'Dwyer's defence portrayed him as the vulnerable, introspective young man whose promising career would be derailed by extradition, prosecutors contend he is a skilled businessman who made large sums of money from a website he knew was profiting from pirated material.
(20) The risk is you derail the recovery and that means your borrowing in the longer term will be higher."