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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.


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Now in an updated second edition with two new chapters addressing the political realities of the No Child Left Behind Act, Staying On Track: An Educational Leader's Guide to Preventing Derailment and Ensuring Personal and Organizational Success is a guide written especially for educational administrators.
But a federal study shortly after the crash found there is no greater risk of derailment in push mode than when cars are pulled by a locomotive.
Pope Benedict XVI visited the conference in Valencia July 8-9 making his first stop the subway station where a train derailment on July 3 had left 42 people dead and many more injured.
 
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