Subject

• crisis: It would be a tragedy if that possibility of progress were derailed by the hostage crisis.

Object

• train: Moreover, the train derailed at Potters Bar had no guard on board.

• carriage: They said a wheel broke on a curve as the train approached the Jesus underground station and two train carriages derailed in the tunnel.

• coach: The remaining derailed coaches were damaged in varying degree.

• wheel: The first three wagons of the freight train each had their leading pair of wheels derailed.

• progress: Other risks are more cyclical, such as rising interest rates, which could derail progress in the stock market, Asante says.

• process: I haven't negated any payment methods or otherwise derailed the process.

Preposition: on

• point: What is known is that 2541 was derailed on the points at Beddington Lane on 16th March 1999.

Preposition: at

• speed: One other incident prior to Sevenoaks happened when one of the tanks derailed at speed, but then rerailed itself!

Modifying Another Word

• nearly: The VCR was nearly derailed over the issue of copyrights.

• completely: What would have completely derailed lesser players ( equipment screwup at the climax of the signature tune ) became proof of their mastery.

• not: Whatever tricks Irving tried, he could not derail Browning ' s calm, precise delivery of facts establishing that the genocide happened.

• partially: Disruption after train derails - From BBC - A train partially derailed in Surrey on Monday causing major disruption for commuters.

• almost: HASTINGS was unloaded the following day and almost derailed herself in the process.

• also: The leading bogie of the third car was also derailed.

Used with why or when

• what: But they will try to inflict terror in order to derail what has been achieved.

Preposition: in

• collision: Both trains were derailed in the collision which followed, and there was slight damage to eleven of the sixteen coaches.

• tunnel: They said a wheel broke on a curve as the train approached the Jesus underground station and two train carriages derailed in the tunnel.

Preposition: with

• consistency: It's not so much an opinion as a simple observation: recent public projects have derailed with alarming consistency.

Preposition: by

• crisis: It would be a tragedy if that possibility of progress were derailed by the hostage crisis.