Word of the Day:
derange
What It Means
To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state.
To cause to malfunction or become inoperative.
Derange in Context
“4-16. All lighting was cut off by a close detonation but was partially restored after a short while. Many auxiliary motors were short-circuited or deranged. There were at least nineteen cracked jars in the forward battery and one in the after battery, causing loss of electrolyte and full grounds....”
Did You Know?
From French déranger, from Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”), from des- + rengier (“to put into line”), from reng (“line, row”), from a Germanic source. See rank (noun).
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