Synonyms for derail
diˈreɪlde·rail

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1. derailverb

   cause to run off the tracks

   "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"

   Synonyms:
   jump

2. derail, jumpverb

   run off or leave the rails

   "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

   Synonyms:
   rise, skip over, startle, pass over, chute, jumpstart, jump-start, bound, alternate, spring, leap, start, stick out, stand out, climb up, skip, jump out, jump off, parachute, leap out, jump

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1. List of paraphrases for "derail":

   frustrate, thwart, disrupt, divert, torpedo

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1. Dick Durbin:

   We've heard claims that you are' soft on crime.' These baseless charges are unfair, i'm confident the American people will see through these attacks and any other last-minute attempts to derail Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin confirmation.

2. Ranj Alaaldin:

   This is a tectonic shift that threatens to derail the post-2003 political order in its entirety.

3. Richard Grace:

   It won't take much to derail some of the optimism if the September Chinese PMI due tomorrow is on the bearish side, and this may in turn take some pricing of a tightening out of the U.S. rates market.

4. Philip Lowe:

   The adjustment in our housing market is manageable for the overall economy. It is unlikely to derail our economic expansion.

5. Ryan Sweet:

   It will take a lot to derail the U.S. economy because of the sugar high it's on from the fiscal stimulus, but a developing trade war between the U.S. and its trading partners is a mounting threat.