Antonyms 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

How to use derail in a sentence?

1. Andrei Schekun:

   They thought we wanted to derail their referendum, they thought we were some kind of terrorist group or something.

2. Energy Aspects ' Mallinson:

   It’s very confrontational. I don’t think that’s enough to derail (the broader lifting of sanctions), but it is prompting a few more questions about what would the timing of the return of Iranian barrels look like, the statements at the weekend by (Iranian oil officials) that Iran would only increase production at the level of the market can absorb seems to be a shift in rhetoric.

3. Bill Browder:

   There is clear evidence since we filed that warrants a proper investigation of Devin Nunes activities, glenn Simpson was working with a foreign principal. ... [ who was ] an agent of the Russian government, Natalia Veselnitskaya. Veselnitskaya, who was at the center of a controversial 2016 Trump Tower meeting, was charged in federal court earlier this yearwith obstruction of justice in connection witha civil money laundering and forfeiture case involving a Russian tax refund fraud scheme. Although possible dirt on Hillary Clinton was reportedly floated in advance of the infamous meeting with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, Veselnitskaya has publicly said Hillary Clinton used the meeting to push for repeal of the anti-corruption law. Natalia Veselnitskaya met with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort at Trump Tower in June 2016. In Jared Kushner lawsuit, Devin Nunes said Fusion GPS -- the firm paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee to create the salaciously anti-TrumpSteele dossier -- coordinatedwith another group to file several fraudulent and harassing ethics complaints intended to derail his investigation. Thecomplaintin the Eastern District of Virginia, which namedSimpsonand the nonprofitCampaign for Accountability( CfA), said the.

4. Barbara Boxer:

   To force Congress to weigh in now on the Iran nuclear talks before a final deal has been completed would be a reckless rush to judgment, it would undermine negotiations at a critical moment and could derail a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deal with this looming threat.

5. Joy Jibrilu:

   Anything that could derail that is really very concerning.

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