intr. & tr.v., -railed, -rail·ing, -rails.

1. To run or cause to run off the rails.
2. To come or bring to a sudden halt: a campaign derailed by lack of funds; a policy that derailed under the new administration.

[French dérailler : dé-, off (from Old French de-; see de–) + rail, rail (from English; see rail¹).]

derailment de·rail'ment n.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: cause to run off the tracks

Meaning #2: run off or leave the rails
  Synonym: jump

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afspore, forpurre
v. intr. - afspores, køre fast, slå fejl

idioms:

• be derailed    blive afsporet

Nederlands (Dutch)
(doen) ontsporen

Français (French)
v. tr. - faire dérailler
v. intr. - dérailler

idioms:

• be derailed    être déraillé

Deutsch (German)
v. - entgleisen

idioms:

• be derailed    zum Entgleisen gebracht

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εκτροχιάζω/-ομαι

idioms:

• be derailed    εκτροχιάζομαι, βγαίνω από την πορεία μου

Italiano (Italian)
deragliare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - descarrilar

idioms:

• be derailed    sair dos trilhos

Русский (Russian)
сходить с рельсов, сбрасывать с рельсов

idioms:

• be derailed    сойти с рельсов

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - provocar un descarrilamiento, causar el fracaso
v. intr. - descarrilar, perderse

idioms:

• be derailed    ser o estar descarrilado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - spåra ur (tåg)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
使出轨, 出轨

idioms:

• be derailed    出轨了, 计划中途改变

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使出軌
v. intr. - 出軌

idioms:

• be derailed    出軌了, 計劃中途改變

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 탈선하게 하다
v. intr. - 탈선하다

idioms:

• be derailed    탈선하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 脱線させる

idioms:

• be derailed    脱線する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخرج شئ ( القطار مثلا) عن خط سيره‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוריד מהפסים‬
v. intr. - ‮ירד מהפסים‬

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