See derail on Wiktionary
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"text": "Our offices are full of the walking wounded--people who are suicidal, have been hospitalized after the sexual involvement, unable to hold their usual jobs, derailed from intimate relationships, unable to get on with their lives as they once had planned.",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "derajliram",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "дерайлирам"
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"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuèguǐ",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "越軌 /越轨"
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"roman": "chūguǐ",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
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"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
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"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "ontsporen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "suistua raiteilta"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "dérailler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "entgleisen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ektrochiázomai",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "εκτροχιάζομαι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "kisiklik"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "deragliare"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "pāḷaṁ teṟṟuka",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "പാളം തെറ്റുക"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "spore av"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
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"word": "wykolejać się"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
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"word": "wykoleić się"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "descarrilar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "descarrilhar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "deraia"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sxodítʹ s rélʹsov",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"tags": [
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"word": "сходи́ть с ре́льсов"
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"tags": [
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"word": "сойти́ с ре́льсов"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "descarrilar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "desrielar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "descarriar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "spåra ur"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "trật bánh"
},
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "to cause to come off the tracks",
"word": "direilio"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deviate from the previous course or direction",
"word": "suistua"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deviate from the previous course or direction",
"word": "suistua raiteilta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deviate from the previous course or direction",
"word": "dérailler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deviate from the previous course or direction",
"word": "entgleisen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to deviate from a set course or direction",
"word": "suistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to deviate from a set course or direction",
"word": "suistaa raiteilta"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to deviate from a set course or direction",
"word": "zum Entgleisen bringen"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to deviate from a set course or direction",
"word": "kisiklat"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause to deviate from a set course or direction",
"word": "submina"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "puskátʹ pod otkós",
"sense": "to cause to deviate from a set course or direction",
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"word": "пуска́ть под отко́с"
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"roman": "sryvátʹ",
"sense": "to cause to deviate from a set course or direction",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "срыва́ть"
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"code": "ru",
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