How to pronounce“derail”in English

IPA/ˌdiˈɹeɪl/

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Absolutely not. Once you accept that there are things that are outside of your control, then there's perspective, which is basically that you need to learn to expect problems so that they don't

derail you, so that you treat every issue that you run into from a calm, understanding point of view

because this is expected.

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noun

Synonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail.

“The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.”

Synonyms:derailer

noun

An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.

verb

To cause to come off the tracks.

“The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the collision.”

verb

To come off the tracks.

“Fortunately, the CrossCountry train did not derail when it struck the mud. It could easily have been much worse.”

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