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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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How to use derail in a sentence
He testified that he had kept the detective agencies informed as to the progress of the plot to derail the train.
VIOLENCE AND THE LABOR MOVEMENTROBERT HUNTERTo derail a train is legitimate warfare, with many precedents to support it.
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICAARTHUR CONAN DOYLEAn engine, moreover, that had the power of leaving the metals to chase you should you not derail it.
THE POOLS OF SILENCEH. DE VERE STACPOOLESomething told Gladys that the men had had no business at the switch; that they meant to derail and wreck the Limited.
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AT ONOWAY HOUSEHILDEGARD G. FREYBut, for that matter, he would derail what he liked, and cross where he pleased.
BAYOU FOLKKATE CHOPINWe are learning, too, that a good derail can be installed without cutting the rail.
LETTERS FROM AN OLD RAILWAY OFFICIALCHARLES DELANO HINEThen it is that a brief hour may side-track or derail the good work of many days.
LETTERS FROM AN OLD RAILWAY OFFICIALCHARLES DELANO HINEHe knew for a certainty whose plantations he might traverse, and whose fences he might derail.
BAYOU FOLKKATE CHOPINTo add to the traveller's discomfort, the road-bed is as bad as it can be and not derail the cars constantly.
UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSSMATURIN M. BALLOUThe attack of the savages seemed to be concentrating forward, evidently to derail the engine or kill the engineer.
THE U.P. TRAILZANE GREYSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 22, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO DERAIL
- advise against
- caution against
- chicken out
- counsel
- cry out against
- deprecate
- derail
- deter
- disadvise
- discourage
- disincline
- divert
- exhort
- expostulate
- faze
- hinder
- lean on
- persuade not to
- prevent
- prick
- put off
- remonstrate
- throw a wet blanket on
- throw cold water on
- throw off
- thwart
- turn off
- urge not to
- warn
- advised against
- caution against
- chickened out
- counselled
- cried out against
- deprecated
- derailed
- deterred
- disadvised
- discouraged
- disinclined
- diverted
- exhorted
- expostulated
- fazed
- hindered
- lean on
- persuaded not to
- prevented
- pricked
- put off
- remonstrated
- threw a wet blanket on
- threw cold water on
- threw off
- thwarted
- turned off
- urged not to
- warned
- advising against
- caution against
- chickening out
- counseling
- crying out against
- deprecating
- derailing
- deterring
- disadvising
- discouraging
- disinclining
- diverting
- exhorting
- expostulating
- fazing
- hindering
- lean on
- persuading not to
- preventing
- pricking
- putting off
- remonstrating
- throwing a wet blanket on
- throwing cold water on
- throwing off
- thwarting
- turning off
- urging not to
- warning
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.