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/ənhˈɪndʒ/ Listen

verb

Unhinge v. t.

To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.

To displace; to unfix by violence.

To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves. "Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind?" "His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind."

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Etymology of 'Unhinge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Unhinge" Quotes from Famous Books

... to me now, from my having been accustomed to the studied smooth complying habits of the Continent; and I clearly recognised in him, not without respect for his honest conscientious zeal, the same indignant and sarcastical mode of treating every attempt to unhinge or weaken good principles. ...

— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2 • Boswell

... "I'm awfully glad I've done it, but that ceremony was certainly terrific. I believe that to go through such a thing twice in a span of life would unhinge a mind like mine, whose hinges creak slightly ...

— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble

... all that," confessed Jane, her smile threatening to unhinge the visor. "But we must give the youngsters their show first. The details will be lost ...

— Jane Allen: Junior • Edith Bancroft