English verb: derange | |||
1. | derange (emotion) derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane | ||
Samples | The death of his parents unbalanced him. | ||
Synonyms | unbalance | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | craze, madden | ||
2. | derange (change) throw into great confusion or disorder | ||
Samples | Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt. | ||
Synonyms | perturb, throw out of kilter | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disarray, disorder | ||