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derange::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | perturb, throw out of kilter |
| Type of | disarray, disorder |
| Derivation | derangement |
Examples of derange
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While ridiculously defensive, that comment barely regsiters on the derange-o-meter.
From the hecklerspray.com
In the case of dementia, let's keep on asking them toxic questions that only serve to derange and terrify.
From the guardian.co.uk
Their finances are now under such a course of application as nothing could derange but war or federalism.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Unforeseen accidents may derange our most profound schemes of policy Victory may be inconstant to our arms.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Even short periods of solitary confinement can derange the mind and damage the body because of the stress they create.
From the healthland.time.com
Perhaps the greatest threat to Mr Cameron's composure was the wind, threatening at times to derange his elaborately tamped-down hair.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Because a molecule of carbon dioxide emitted in Beijing or New York is now everyone's problem and will help derange climate patterns for all.
From the time.com
There's so much going on, and so much of it entirely incongruous, that at times it doesn't so much feel like you're playing a game as peering into Minter's derange yak-obsessed brain.
From the metro.co.uk
Intemperance is a more willingly chosen vice than cowardice, because it positively seeks pleasure, while cowardice avoids pain, and pain can derange a person's choice.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Unbalance: derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him"
- Perturb: throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
- (deranged) crazed: driven insane
- To cause someone to go insane (usually used in the passive, see deranged); to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state; to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone
- (deranged) disturbed or upset, especially mentally; insane
- What she should be cooking dinner on.
