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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for derail

cause to run off the tracks

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run off or leave the rails

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Earlier this month, 20 people were injured when the same train derailed near Mianwali.
At least two injured as train derails near Sehwan
The train carrying 70 passengers was heading from Athens to the second-biggest city of Thessaloniki when it derailed in the town of Adendro, some 37 km (23 miles) away, railway company TRAINOSE said.
At least two dead as Greek passenger train derails
It is not the first time an ICE has derailed in Basel.
German high-speed train derails in Basel, no injuries reported
Mishra said the train could have derailed while passing over tracks that had buckled in the sweltering heat or it could be the work of miscreants.
Sabotage whiff in UP accident
Inge Merkel's latest novel, Aus den Geleisen (Derailed), derives its title from a recurring image: at the beginning of the story the main character, Julia Quaerens, remembers a childhood wish that the train she is traveling on would jump its tracks and continue on through the fields; at the end of the book she discovers a derailed train rotting in the wilds of Mexico.
Aus den Geleisen
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