unrail

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unrail

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From un- + rail.

verb unrails · unrailing · unrailed

  1. transitive To remove the rail or railings from. “You are tearing pickets from innocent fences,” said Town, and proceeded to unrail a respectable fence to procure weapons wherewith to “smash the'students' heads.”
  2. ambitransitive, figuratively, literally To derail. If this wanton attempt to unrail or overturn the engine had succeeded, eight lives would have been sacrificed.

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@misc{unrail_2026,
  title = {unrail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unrail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}