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un⋅hinge

  [uhn-hinj]
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–verb (used with object), -hinged, -hing⋅ing.
1. to remove (a door or the like) from hinges.
2. to open wide by or as if by removing supporting hinges: to unhinge one's jaws.
3. to upset; unbalance; disorient; throw into confusion or turmoil: to unhinge the mind.
4. to dislocate or disrupt the normal operation of; unsettle: to unhinge plans.
5. to detach or separate from something.
6. to cause to waver or vacillate: to unhinge supporters of conservative policies.
Origin:
1605–15; un- 2 + hinge

Related forms:
un⋅hinge⋅ment, noun
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un·hinge   (ŭn-hĭnj')   
tr.v.   un·hinged, un·hing·ing, un·hing·es
  1. To remove from hinges.
  2. To remove the hinges from.
  3. To confuse; disrupt.
  4. Informal To derange; unbalance: He was unhinged by his wife's death.
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