¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Derailed
1. derail [v] - See also: derail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derailed
Literary usage of Derailed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Train derailed by mischievous boys, nine and thirteen years of age, Media, ...
Train derailed also at Springdale, Texas, supposed to be the result of malice ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"Train derailed" near North Stratford, NH, 2 killed. railway collision near ...
Train derailed near Josephine, Ga., Summary of railway accidents in June : 64 ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"of her injury; her fright at the derailed car and her effort to get away from
the place of safety to what she considered a safer place is an intervening act ..."
4. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"You open your. eyes, you gaze upon me, you are alive, thanks!" And he fell fainting.
BOOK FOURTH. — JAVERT derailed. ..."
5. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"AFTER THE WAR After the Surrender at Gainesville, Forrest Starts for His Home in
Memphis—The Train derailed near Meridian—Judge CB Kilgore Relates that ..."
6. Special Report by the Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners to the by Board of Railroad Commissioners, Massachusetts (1887)
"A. No; I think they were off the track; they were derailed before they struck
the embankment. When those three forward cars stopped, the chuck of the train ..."
7. Around the World with a King by William N. Armstrong (1904)
"CHAPTER XXVIII At the Spanish Frontier — The Escurial — Reception at Madrid—Our
Car derailed by a Cow—Portugal—The Royal Car — Received by the King and ..."
Other Resources:
