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1
to cause to go insane or as if insane
- being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone
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- calm,
- quiet,
- relax,
- settle,
- soothe,
- tranquilize
- (also tranquillize)
2
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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The first known use of derange was in 1769
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