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derail Chiefly US a device designed to make rolling stock or locomotives leave the rails to avoid a collision or accident derail [dē′rāl] (engineering) To cause a railroad car or engine to run off the rails. A device to guide railway cars or engines off the tracks to avoid collision or other accident. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Dodgers have agreed in principle on a one-year, split contract with free-agent reliever Chin-Hui Tsao, a right-hander who once had such dominant stuff that the Colorado Rockies dubbed him their closer of the future before a torn labrum derailed his career two years ago. With strong male and female main characters, Derailed will appeal to both sexes. It was initially designed to deliver weather warnings, but now it covers terrorism, abducted children and derailed trains carrying toxic materials. |
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