About The Word Derange
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Derange
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What's The Definition Of Derange?
[v] throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
[v] derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane Synonyms | Synonyms for Derange: perturb | throw out of kilter | unbalance Related Terms | Find terms related to Derange: afflict | clutter | craze | debilitate | dement | devitalize | disable | disarrange | disarray | discommode | discompose | dishevel | dislocate | disorder | disorganize | distract | disturb | drive insane | drive mad | enervate | enfeeble | frenzy | hospitalize | incapacitate | incommode | inconvenience | indispose | invalid | lay up | litter | mad | madden | make mad | mess | mess up | misarrange | muss | muss up | perturb | reduce | ruffle | rummage | rumple | scatter | send mad | shatter | sicken | tousle | turn | unbalance | unhinge | unsettle | upset | weaken See Also | craze | disarray | disorder | madden Derange In Webster's Dictionary \De*range"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deranged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Deranging}.] [F. d['e]ranger; pref. d['e]- = d['e]s-
(L. dis) + ranger to range. See {Range}, and cf.
{Disarrange}, {Disrank}.]
1. To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper
arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder,
confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange;
as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of
a nation.
2. To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or
the whole of a machine or organism.
A sudden fall deranges some of our internal parts.
--Blair.
3. To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the
intellect; to render insane.
Syn: To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb;
confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.
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