Unhinge
verb
To make someone mentally unbalanced or crazy.
His strange behavior after the accident seemed to unhinge his family.
Often appears as...
- unhinge someone's mind
- unhinge with fear
verb
To remove from a hinge or attachment.
He had to unhinge the door to get the large furniture through the doorway.
Often appears as...
- unhinge a door
- unhinge a gate
verb
To make someone mentally unbalanced or crazy.
His strange behavior after the accident seemed to unhinge his family.
Often appears as...
- unhinge someone's mind
- unhinge with fear
verb
To remove from a hinge or attachment.
He had to unhinge the door to get the large furniture through the doorway.
Often appears as...
- unhinge a door
- unhinge a gate
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Disruption
Use 'unhinge' to describe a significant disturbance to someone's mental state or emotions, often temporarily.
The sudden loss seemed to unhinge him completely.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Sense
'Unhinge' in a mental context is usually not literal but figurative, implying loss of control rather than physical detachment.
The constant pressure might unhinge her concentration.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Charge
When 'unhinge' refers to mental state, it often carries a negative and intense emotional connotation.
Their haunting performance was enough to unhinge the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Disruption
Use 'unhinge' to describe a significant disturbance to someone's mental state or emotions, often temporarily.
The sudden loss seemed to unhinge him completely.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Sense
'Unhinge' in a mental context is usually not literal but figurative, implying loss of control rather than physical detachment.
The constant pressure might unhinge her concentration.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Charge
When 'unhinge' refers to mental state, it often carries a negative and intense emotional connotation.
Their haunting performance was enough to unhinge the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Disruption
Use 'unhinge' to describe a significant disturbance to someone's mental state or emotions, often temporarily.
The sudden loss seemed to unhinge him completely.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Sense
'Unhinge' in a mental context is usually not literal but figurative, implying loss of control rather than physical detachment.
The constant pressure might unhinge her concentration.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Charge
When 'unhinge' refers to mental state, it often carries a negative and intense emotional connotation.
Their haunting performance was enough to unhinge the audience.
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How the coronavirus...
have the best data we need to know what the actual fatality rate is whatever then you know be mistakes people made in the past whatever the model said but it's very difficult to even take something like data and completely unhinge it from the partisan context in which everything is now viewed and that
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Pythons 101 PIPE National...
pythons cannot unhinge their jaws. Rather, their jaws rest on a multi-hinged joint that provides for incredible flexibility and enables the snakes to devour large prey. Flexibility is also aided by pythons' lower right and left jaw bones.
Video examples
How the coronavirus...
have the best data we need to know what the actual fatality rate is whatever then you know be mistakes people made in the past whatever the model said but it's very difficult to even take something like data and completely unhinge it from the partisan context in which everything is now viewed and that
Video examples
Pythons 101 PIPE National...
pythons cannot unhinge their jaws. Rather, their jaws rest on a multi-hinged joint that provides for incredible flexibility and enables the snakes to devour large prey. Flexibility is also aided by pythons' lower right and left jaw bones.
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