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as in to disturb
to cause to go insane or as if insane
being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone
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as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort things out
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Recent Examples of derange
The political landscape is horrifying, distracting, deranged and unhinged.
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Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026
It’d be deranged not to bring back Storrie and Williams as the leads—so of course their return has been confirmed.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026
The new atomic age was a test case for the coming collisions of scale that derange us now.
—B. R. Cohen, Longreads, 13 Jan. 2026
None of them were deranged enough to crack Williams — though Storrie, on the other hand, was slightly unprepared for the heat their fans brought to the game.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2026
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Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026
It’d be deranged not to bring back Storrie and Williams as the leads—so of course their return has been confirmed.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026
The new atomic age was a test case for the coming collisions of scale that derange us now.
—B. R. Cohen, Longreads, 13 Jan. 2026
None of them were deranged enough to crack Williams — though Storrie, on the other hand, was slightly unprepared for the heat their fans brought to the game.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for derange
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Rose had collected art her whole life, cared a lot about her paintings, and was disturbed, obviously, by this fact that wasn’t a fact.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Marcet’s intention was certainly not to disturb the religious faith of her young readers, most of whom would have been raised on a literal understanding of the biblical creation story.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The vaccination campaign for measles was disrupted during Bangladesh's recent political upheavals.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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For one project, Cohen tried to disrupt a protein associated with insulin resistance and diabetes.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The 6-foot-2 Strong — AP’s Player of the Year — was bothered by South Carolina’s interior size, with several of her inside shots rattling in and out.—
David Brandt,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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But he isn’t bothered by the fact that the cost has jumped by more than $1 a gallon over the past month or so.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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As if that wasn’t confusing enough, not all Christians agree on what day of the calendar that specific Sunday is.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2026
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This was not to be confused with the Ulster Volunteer Force or the Ulster Defence Association, both terrorist organizations that vehemently favored the link with Britain.—
Colm Tóibín,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The trouble was that this stance unbalanced him at home.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2026
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Imagine the wartime use of leaflets that were dropped in large quantities over battlefields, or onto townships, and contained a single message that was intended to mentally unbalance large numbers of citizens or soldiers.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The cakes people bake using her tutorial have been delightfully unhinged.—
Deena Prichep,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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The locus of energy in My Lover, the Rabbi is not plot but comical, unhinged prose and extensive, psychoanalytic character readings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Sear/Sauté function gets quite hot even on its low setting, so some of my garlic got a shade too brown while I was distracted opening the can of tomato paste.—
Callie Sumlin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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Colorado State Patrol is reminding all drivers that distracted driving can lead to life or death consequences.—
Brian Sherrod,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Current forecasts suggest unsettled to active geomagnetic conditions tonight, with minor to moderate storm-level (G1 to G2) conditions possible as solar wind disturbances continue through April 1 and into April 2, according to NOAA.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026
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Mamdani’s victory seemed to have surprised and unsettled him.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Derange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derange. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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