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    unhinge
    /ʌnˈhɪn(d)ʒ/

    verb

    • 1. make (someone) mentally unbalanced: "the loneliness had nearly unhinged him"
    • 2. take (a door) off its hinges.

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishUNHINGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Unhinge means to cause mental illness in someone, or to make someone's emotions unstable. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts and see translations in other languages.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › unhingeUnhinge Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Unhinge means to make unstable, unsettle, disrupt, or remove from the hinges. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for unhinge.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › unhingeUNHINGE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    Unhinge means to remove something from hinges, to upset or unbalance something or someone, or to disrupt or unsettle something. See how to use unhinge in a sentence and find synonyms for this verb.

  5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishunhinge verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of unhinge verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. to make somebody seriously mentally ill. be unhinged (by something) Her mind was unhinged by the death of her child and she never recovered. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › unhingeUnhinge - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryUNHINGE definition in American English - Collins Online...

    4 senses: 1. to remove (a door, gate, etc) from its hinges 2. to derange or unbalance (a person, his or her mind, etc) 3. to.... Click for more definitions.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordUNHINGE - Find out everything about this English word | Collins

    Definitions of 'unhinge' If you say that an experience has unhinged someone, you mean that it has affected them so deeply that they have become mentally ill. More