English-Lithuanian 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.
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