Definition of derange
deranged
;deranging
transitive verb
1 : to disturb the operation or functions of deranged by even the slightest damage
2 : disarrange hatless, with tie deranged — G. W. Stonier
3 : to make mentally unsound or insane stalked by a deranged fan
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Examples of derange in a Sentence
being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone
the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort out things
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The Doctor's Time Lord nemesis, The Master, has also been played by a woman since 2014—a wonderfully deranged but committed performance from Scottish actor Michelle Gomez.
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There is no precedent for this behavior in the Oval Office in American history, even in Nixon’s deranged final days.
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Deranged — No other word better describes that mentally and emotionally disturbed gunman who opened fire on a group of Republican congressmen practicing on a baseball field in Virginia last week.
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People who enjoy camping may or may not be deranged.
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Aldrich also shows the judgment and command of men as debilitating and deranging—whether in vaudeville in 1917 or in Hollywood in 1935.
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This deranged Kubrickian series pokes fun at the mythology and lore of aliens.
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Origin and Etymology of derange
French déranger, from Old French desrengier, from des- de- + reng line, row — more at rank
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