derail

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My son's response: he'd set the switch in the middle to see if I couldn't make the thing derail, then start screaming at the men.

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

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

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  1. from Latin de, from, + English rail.
  2. derail, v.
 

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/diˈreɪl/
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