derailing

Meaning of derailing

verb
  1. To cause to come off the tracks.
    The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.
  2. To come off the tracks.
  3. To deviate from the previous course or direction.
    The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.
  4. 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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