Associations to the word «Derange»
Noun
Adverb
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Wiktionary
DERANGE, verb. To cause someone to go insane (usually used in the passive, see deranged)
DERANGE, verb. To cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
DERANGE, verb. (archaic) to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone
Dictionary definition
DERANGE, verb. Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him".
DERANGE, verb. Throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.