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unhinge


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Unhinge  \Un*hinge"\,  v.  t.  [1  st  pref.  un-  +  hinge.] 
  1.  To  take  from  the  hinges;  as  to  unhinge  a  door. 
 
  2.  To  displace;  to  unfix  by  violence.  --Blackmore. 
 
  3.  To  render  unstable  or  wavering;  to  unsettle;  as  to 
  unhinge  one's  mind  or  opinions;  to  unhinge  the  nerves. 
 
  Why  should  I  then  unhinge  my  brains,  ruin  my  mind? 
  --South. 
 
  His  sufferings,  nay  the  revolutions  of  his  fate,  had 
  not  in  the  least  unhinged  his  mind.  --Walpole. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  unhinge 
  v  1:  disturb  in  mind  or  make  uneasy  or  cause  to  be  worried  or 
  alarmed;  "She  was  rather  perturbed  by  the  news  that  her 
  father  was  seriously  ill"  [syn:  {perturb},  {disquiet},  {trouble}, 
  {cark},  {distract},  {disorder}] 
  2:  remove  the  hinges  from  as  from  a  door 




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