derailing
present participle ofderail
derail
verb
uk/ˌdiːˈreɪl/us/ˌdiːˈreɪl/derailverb(TRAIN)
[IorT]
If atrainderails or is derailed, it comes off therailwaytracks.
On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- anti-collision
- bird strike
- brake
- car crash
- crash-landing
- cropper
- derail
- derailment
- overshoot
- prang
- rear-end
- road toll
- roadkill
- RTA
- rubbernecking
- run(something)intosomething/someone
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- sideswipe
- smash
- stack
derailverb(PLAN)
[T]
topreventaplanorprocessfromsucceeding:
Renewedfightingthreatensto derail thepeacetalks.
Preventing and impeding
- anti-jamming
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hamper
- hang
- havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
- head off
- hinder
- prejudice
- prevent
- preventable
- prevention
- prevention is better than cureidiom
- scuttle
- smother
Examplesofderailing
derailing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I was sensitive to the remarks made by your rapporteur in his report on thederailingof certain elements of wage policy.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We will be vigilant in making sure that none of the carriages decouples, which would riskderailingthe whole train.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
When one carriage is derailed, there is a risk ofderailingthe whole train.
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Derailingof trains in operation was not infrequent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This wire could have failed and gotten the switch stuck in an intermediate position,derailingthe train.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such dangerous cases are strong wind,derailingof the rope, stopping of cabin at incorrect station location and speed over limit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once the wheels have passed, the catch points are forced back into thederailingposition by springs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The crash was recorded on a track-side camera which shows all thirteen vehiclesderailingand four overturning.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These wheels help the train stay in the center of the two rails to help the train fromderailing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Accidents due toderailingof the trains were not uncommon.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The impact resulted in the trainderailingapproximately 100 200 down the track.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The rear section subsequently ran into the front section,derailingboth and fouling an adjacent line and signal wires.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They have advanced safety systems, including specialized couplers designed to keep trains from rolling over, jackknifing, orderailingduring a collision.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Eyewitnesses said the train was travelling at high speed beforederailingwhich was subsequently confirmed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It caused severe damage to the bus and injury to its driver whilstderailingthe leading coach of the 4 car train.
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- immediate crisis
- immediate danger
- immediate delivery
- immediate deployment
- immediate dividend
- immediate effect
- immediate environment
- immediate feedback
- immediate future
- immediate goal
- immediate halt
- immediate harm
- immediate help
- immediate impact
- immediate implementation
- immediate implication
- immediate impression
- immediate improvement
- immediately
- immediate need
- immediate neighbour
- immediate neighbourhood
- immediate objective
- immediate payment
- immediate period