unhinge

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNHINGE, verb transitive unhinj'. 1. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door. 2. To displace; to unfix by violence. 3. To unfix; to loosen; to render unstable or wavering; as, to unhinge the mind; to unhinge opinions.
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