
To break apart or alter so as to prevent normal or expected functioning — disrupt — also, throw into disorder; change the arrangement or position of — derange (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. – wordnik).










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