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Synonyms for derail

cause to run off the tracks

run off or leave the rails

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Expressing deep concern over the recent attack in Pathankot, Mirwaiz said that it was aimed at only derailing the process initiated at the highest level in the two countries, Greater Kashmir reported.
TWO people died after an enormous boulder smashed into a tourist train, derailing it.
Mahbubul Alam Bakshi, the head of Bangladesh Railway's northern region, said protesters had deliberately removed fishplates that linked the rail tracks, denouncing the derailing as "an act of sabotage".
Since more than a past month, engine break failures engine and derailing of trains has become a routine.