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verb

past tense of derange

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Jason seems much more human and vulnerable here, coming across as more like a deranged killer who's been living in the woods than an actual zombie. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 13 Jan. 2023 By replanting this narrative with small-town Southern roots into a Western self-reliance tale, while mixing in the deranged, the author has fashioned an eccentrically satisfying literary mash-up. Erik Gleibermann, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023 In this action thriller directed by Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), Curtis stars as rookie cop Megan Turner, who engages in a game of cat and mouse with a deranged psychopath. Robert English, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023 Some of the antagonists are the Vikings, the high-school football team, who are never not wearing their uniforms and who function as a deranged sendup of the patriarchy — think John Hughes villains played by the Ridiculous Theatrical Company. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for deranged 

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“Deranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deranged. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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