English-Estonian translations for derail

Definition of derail

• A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail
• An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic
• To cause to come off the tracks
• To come off the tracks
• To cause to deviate from a set course or direction

Examples

• The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.
• The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.
• The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.
• The protesting students derailed the professors lecture.

Related words

• derailment
• derailed
• derailleur