Definition of deranges Deranges

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Verb
derange - throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
		perturb, throw out of kilter
		disarray, disorder bring disorder to
derange - derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him"
		unbalance
		craze, madden develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"

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derange (Verb)
To cause someone to go insane.
derange (Verb)
To cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state.
derange (Verb)
To disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone.

derange (v. t.)
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.
derange (v. t.)
To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.
derange (v. t.)
To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.

derange
de-rānj′, v.t. to put out of place or order: to disorder.—p.adj. Deranged′, disordered: insane.—n. Derange′ment, disorder; insanity. [Fr. déranger—dé (L. dis), asunder, and ranger, to rank.]