disorient
[ dis-awr-ee-ent, -ohr- ]
verb (used with object)
to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
to confuse by removing or obscuring something that has guided a person, group, or culture, as customs, moral standards, etc.: Society has been disoriented by changing values.
Psychiatry. to cause to lose perception of time, place, or one's personal identity.
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How to use disorient in a sentence
All this artful excess seems intended to disorient and disinhibit guests descending from the busy theater district above.
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