unhinged; unhinging; unhinges
1
2
: to remove from the hinges
unhinge a door
Examples of unhinge in a Sentence
the endless harassment by the guards completely unhinged the prisoners of war
I was momentarily unhinged by the unexpected question.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Talitha Frazier, Gonzalez’s sister-in-law, told WTNH that the fight was more proof that Smith was unhinged and a threat to society.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
Cleveland baseball can be unhinged revelry, or a biblical terror, and everything in between.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Everyone is unhinged, as is customary during a Trump presidency.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Unhinge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhinge. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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unhinge
verb
un·hinge
ˌən-ˈhinj 
1
: unsettle sense 2, disrupt
a mind unhinged by grief
2
: to remove (as a door) from the hinges
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