derailing
Meaning of derailing
verb
- To cause to come off the tracks.
The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.
- To come off the tracks.
- To deviate from the previous course or direction.
The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.
- To cause to deviate from a set course or direction; derange.
The protesting students derailed the professor's lecture.
noun
The act by which something is derailed.
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Hyphenation of derailing
de-rail-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- derailing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Anagrams of derailing
Grindelia, grindelia, redialing
Words that rhyme with derailing
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