Vocabulary
Derail
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
To leave its tracks/To Cause (a train) to leave its tracjs
Urdu meaning
جڑ سے اکھاڑ پھینکنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The crash threatened to derail this massive sale, potentially costing the treasury billions.
- Every year, floods and climate-induced disasters wipe out crops, destroy infrastructure, displace communities and derail economic activity.
- Hospitals are reporting fatalities among malnourished infants as fuel shortages derail critical services.
- Given its past record of buckling under pressure from politically influential trader lobbies, there is concern that backing down now would derail tax reform efforts for years to come.
- The attack is likely to have an impact on negotiations between the US and Iran, as it becomes clear that one of Israel`s motives behind its action was to derail the nuclear-related talks.
Synonyms
alarm , Flurry , Fuss , weird out
Antonyms
Calm, Compose, soothe
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