Definition of "unhinge" []

• To remove from hinges. (verb-transitive)
• To remove the hinges from. (verb-transitive)
• To confuse; disrupt. (verb-transitive)
• Informal To derange; unbalance: He was unhinged by his wife's death. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "From my experience, when you "unhinge" your mind, ultimately you transcend the conflicts."
• "actually its a myth that snakes 'unhinge' their jaws, they actually have a join near their chin that spreads out to allow the jaw to get wider."
• "My sister and I watched her unhinge her jaw for a lasagna sandwich once."