unhinge
verb (used with object)
to remove (a door or the like) from hinges.
have unhinged
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present perfectof unhinge.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since so many of Goldberg’s clients have unhinged exes, she works in an office with an elaborate security system.
From The New Yorker ā Nov. 27, 2016
It certainly seems to have unhinged Heidegger a bit.
From New York Times ā Jul. 18, 2012
The social critic in her says that corn syrup and the cheap candy produced with it have unhinged our notions of how much candy is too much.
From New York Times ā Oct. 27, 2010
Azkaban must have unhinged Black after all — but why was Lupin playing along with him?
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
But it must be said that only an intense feeling of resentment could have unhinged the courteous disposition which was habitual with Flinders.
From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Ernest Scott
