de
rail
Third Person
derails
Present Participle
derailing
Past Tense
derailed
Past Participle
derailed
1
(of a train) to accidentally go off the tracks
- The heavy rain and slippery tracks led to a tragic incident as the express train derailed.
- In the midst of a fierce snowstorm, a commuter train derailed.
- A mechanical failure in one of the freight train's wheels caused it to derail.
- A freight train carrying goods derailed in a remote area.
Synonyms:
2
to cause a train or vehicle to leave its tracks
transitive
- Authorities investigated an attempted act of sabotage that derailed a passenger train.
- A critical mechanical failure in the locomotive's system derailed several freight cars.
- The deliberate tampering of the tracks by vandals derailed a commuter train.
- A collision with a fallen tree on the tracks unexpectedly derailed a freight locomotive