derange
Americanverb (used with object)
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to throw into disorder; disarrange.
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to disturb the condition, action, or function of.
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to make insane.
verb
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to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
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to disturb the action or operation of
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to make insane; drive mad
Other Word Forms
- derangeable adjective
- deranger noun
Etymology
Origin of derange
1770–80; < French déranger, Old French desrengier, equivalent to des- dis- 1 + rengier; range
Example Sentences
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Tolentino explores these overheated environments and their incentives, and how they derange our sense of ourselves and our values.
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2019
Though ambiguity and the unknowable drive and derange this novel’s characters, I don’t believe Apostol is arguing against the existence of demonstrable fact.
From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2018
And yet neighbors living in democracies can derange themselves, too.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 31, 2016
Twin Peaks didn’t break the rules of dramatic television so much as subtly derange them.
From Slate • Nov. 12, 2015
The quality of her clothes threatened to derange Frieda and me.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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