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disarrange

American

[dis-uh-reynj] / ˌdɪs əˈreɪndʒ /

verb (used with object)

to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.

disarrange British

/ ˌdɪsəˈreɪndʒ /

verb

(tr) to throw into disorder

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Origin of disarrange

First recorded in 1735–45; dis- ¹ + arrange

Example Sentences

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Then guards would deliberately disarrange the pile and announce that everyone must be dressed in five minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

“So your pelo loco, like clippings of grass, will not disarrange this house,” she says.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

Eyes still watering and head still throbbing, he drew his wand, careful not to disarrange the Cloak, and waited, breath held.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

“Just as I might disarrange the cushions of your chair?”

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

At one time I even thought I saw her foot move under the whiteness of the coverings, and slightly disarrange the long, straight folds of the winding sheet.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Gautier, Th?ophile

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