Derailed
Lunatic and derailed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lunatic" instead an adjective "Derailed".
Nearby Words: derailment, derailing
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The police drama Blitz is a pretty intense and tight movie about tracking a vengeful cop-killing lunatic, but at one point it hits a scene that would have completely derailed the entire movie if a single character had not acted like a moronic sheep.
Source: Idiot Ball / Film
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