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But solutions can be found: in 2008, Greg Hicks transformed Stockmann into a Nordic Coriolanus at London's Arcola, and two years later Antony Sher at the Sheffield Crucible implied injustice had unhinged the hero's wits.

From The Guardian • May 14, 2013

He was by no means a tender man, but his lately-discovered misfortune had unhinged him, and this strange, undeserved, disinterested family fealty on the part of Charlie touched his heart.

From Old Creole Days by Cable, George Washington

Not alone the desperate sensations of those moments when he had faced the gnashing, mumbling brute, but the unexpected success of his first shot at big game, had unhinged him.

From Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods by Hornibrook, Isabel

I told him that a terrible trouble had unhinged the mind of a young lady whom I deeply loved, and that she had been lost on the Welsh hills.

From Aylwin by Watts-Dunton, Theodore

For the struggle at the "Crown" had unhinged my wits, as I must suppose and you must believe, if you would understand my behavior in the next half hour.

From The Splendid Spur by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir