derail

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de faire sortir un train de ses rails, ou, dans un sens plus large, pour faire échouer ou dévier un processus, un plan ou une discussion de son cours prévu.

A verb used to indicate the act of causing a train to leave its tracks, or more broadly, to disrupt or divert a process, plan, or discussion from its intended course.

1. Cause a train to leave the tracksB2formal

   To cause a train to accidentally leave the railway tracks.

   Faire dérailler un train

   • The faulty switch derailed the passenger train.
   • Engineers are investigating what caused the locomotive to derail.
   • No one was injured when the freight train derailed.

2. Disrupt or obstruct a processB2informal

   To cause a plan, process, or activity to go off course or fail.

   Faire dérailler (un processus)

   • The unexpected scandal derailed his political campaign.
   • Technical issues derailed the product launch.
   • Their argument derailed the entire negotiation process.

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   Antonymesadvancefacilitatefurtherpromotesupport