derange
verb (used with object)
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
deranges
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present tense formof derange (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Some chess dramas show the game as destructive, a pursuit that deranges its disciples.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2020
One shot in particular briefly references, and deranges, the Star Child sequence from “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2018
Then again, a whole sequence in which Dreyfuss builds his dream peak in the living room from mud and shrubbery is so forced and silly it nearly deranges all the rest of the movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2017
There are two good reasons for its abolition: it infantilises us, and, in turn, it deranges the royals.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2012
But the partial exercise of the mental faculties, embraced in the act of meditation, not only disproportionately develops the cerebral organs; but deranges those which it labors to keep in incessant activity.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger
