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What does derail mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word derail? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.
  2. An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.
  2. (intransitive) To come off the tracks.
  3. (intransitive) To deviate from the previous course or direction.
  4. (transitive) To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
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