noun
- the act of causing a train to leave the tracks
- the act of causing something to go off course or fail
Usage: figurative
verb
- present participle of derail; causing a train to leave the tracks
- present participle of derail; causing something to go off course or fail
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The fallen tree was derailing trains on the main line.
- Heavy rain caused the derailing of the freight train.
- The scandal is derailing his political campaign.
- She accused him of deliberately derailing the negotiations.
- The derailing of the peace talks disappointed everyone.
- Bad weather kept derailing our vacation plans.
- The committee meeting kept derailing into arguments.