Derail

[dɪ'reɪl] or [dɪ'rel]

(verb.) run off or leave the rails; 'the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks'.

(verb.) cause to run off the tracks; 'they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste'.

Typist: Maura--From WordNet

(v. t.) To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.

Edited by Edith

v.t. to cause to leave the rails.—n. Derail′ment.

Inputed by Clara