English-Swedish translations for derail

• spåra ur
  Men samtidigt visste vi hela tiden att den nya energin i vilket ögonblick som helst kunde spåra ur.But at the same time we always knew that this new momentum could derail at any moment.
  Det kommer att uppstå svårigheter; det finns fredsbrytare på båda sidor som kommer att försöka få den här processen att spåra ur.There will be difficulties ahead; there are peace breakers on both sides who will try to derail this process.
  Det är därför vi inte kan acceptera att Libanon utnyttjas av dem som vill få fredsprocessen i Mellanöstern att spåra ur.It is for that reason that we cannot accept Lebanon being used by those who want to derail the Middle East peace process.

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