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Definition of unhinge:
Synonyms:
inconvenience oneself, deflect, derange, ail, disarray, trouble oneself, incommode, unbalance, disturb, inconvenience, disorganize, put out, dislodge, upset, craze, discommode, perturb, unhitch, distract, madden, throw out of kilter, disquiet, disjoint, disorder, disoblige, cark, pain, bother, trouble, sane.
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separate (part of speech: verb)
- disunite,
- halve,
- axe,
- separate,
- split,
- sever,
- disaffiliate,
- uncouple,
- disengage,
- slice,
- disintegrate,
- divorce,
- alienate,
- part,
- cut,
- dissect,
- dissociate,
- disarticulate,
- incise,
- cleave,
- excise,
- bisect,
- detach,
- amputate,
- disconnect,
- divide,
- break,
- pare,
- remove,
- unfix,
- fragment,
- segregate,
- dismantle,
- disassociate,
- rend,
- estrange,
- disassemble,
- scissor,
- sunder,
- insulate,
- rip,
- unglue,
- disjoin
Usage examples:
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This is one of the principal holdings of that destructive system, which has endeavored to unhinge all the virtuous, honorable, and useful connections in the kingdom.
- "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12)", Edmund Burke. -
Now the struggle of many days and weeks was at an end; a struggle which none had witnessed, but which had shaken the young man's being to its very centre, and had threatened completely to unhinge him.
- "Fickle Fortune", Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner). -
The circumstance of finding himself invited to tea with a Dissenter would unhinge him for a week.
- "Shirley", Charlotte Brontë.