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capsize
To overturn or cause to overturn:
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  1. To overturn or cause to overturn:
  2. To overturn or upset
  3. (Intransitive, nautical) To overturn.
overturn
To ransack:
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  1. To ransack:
  2. To turn or tip over; capsize
  3. (--- Law) To invalidate or reverse (a decision) by legal means:
tumble
To move, go, issue, etc. in a hasty, awkward, or disorderly manner
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  1. To move, go, issue, etc. in a hasty, awkward, or disorderly manner
  2. To move quickly or awkwardly:
  3. To toss or whirl in a drum, tumbler, or tumbling box:
dement
(Archaic) To make insane
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  1. (Archaic) To make insane
  2. To cause (a person) to become mentally deranged.
craze
To produce a network of fine cracks in the surface or glaze of.
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  1. To produce a network of fine cracks in the surface or glaze of.
  2. (Now Rare) To break, shatter, crack, etc.
  3. To become mentally ill
obsess
To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic:
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  1. To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic:
  2. To be obsessed or preoccupied
craze
To produce a network of fine cracks in the surface or glaze of.
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  1. To produce a network of fine cracks in the surface or glaze of.
  2. (Now Rare) To break, shatter, crack, etc.
  3. To become covered with fine cracks.
derange
To upset the arrangement, order, or operation of; unsettle; disorder
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  1. To upset the arrangement, order, or operation of; unsettle; disorder
  2. To cause someone to go insane (usually used in the passive, see deranged)
  3. To cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
madden
To make or become mad; make or become insane, angry, frustrated, etc.
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  1. To make or become mad; make or become insane, angry, frustrated, etc.
  2. To become infuriated.
  3. To cause (someone) to go mad; drive to madness.
unhinge
To remove (a door, for example) from the hinges.
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  1. To remove (a door, for example) from the hinges.
  2. To throw (the mind, a person, etc.) into confusion; unbalance or upset
  3. To confuse or disrupt:
craziness
(Uncountable) The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
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  1. (Uncountable) The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
  2. (Uncountable) The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.
  3. (Countable) The result or product of being crazy.
dementia
(Psychiatry) A disorder of the mind affecting perception, memory, and judgment, characterized by reduced ability to remember, control muscular movements, recognize familiar objects and sounds, etc.
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  1. (Psychiatry) A disorder of the mind affecting perception, memory, and judgment, characterized by reduced ability to remember, control muscular movements, recognize familiar objects and sounds, etc.
  2. (Obs.) Insanity; madness
  3. Deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, sometimes accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes. Dementia is caused by organic damage to the brain (as in Alzheimer's disease), head trauma, metabolic disorders, or the presence of a tumor.
derangement
The property of being deranged.
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  1. The property of being deranged.
  2. An act or instance of deranging.
  3. (Mathematics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.
disturbance
A disturbing or being disturbed
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  1. A disturbing or being disturbed
  2. A variation in normal wind conditions.
  3. The condition of being disturbed:
insaneness
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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  1. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  2. Insanity; madness
insanity
Incapacity because of a mental disorder to participate adequately as a defendant in criminal proceedings or to understand the imposition of a criminal punishment, particularly the death penalty.
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  1. Incapacity because of a mental disorder to participate adequately as a defendant in criminal proceedings or to understand the imposition of a criminal punishment, particularly the death penalty.
  2. (Law) Any form or degree of mental derangement or unsoundness of mind, permanent or temporary, that makes a person incapable of what is regarded legally as normal, rational conduct or judgment
  3. Incapacity to form the criminal intent necessary for legal responsibility, as when a mental disorder prevents a person from knowing the difference between right and wrong.
lunacy
Great or wild foolishness:
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  1. Great or wild foolishness:
  2. (--- Archaic) Intermittent mental derangement attributed to the changing phases of the moon.
  3. (--- Obs.) Intermittent insanity, formerly supposed to change in intensity with the phases of the moon
madness
Enthusiasm; excitement:
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  1. Enthusiasm; excitement:
  2. The condition of being mentally deranged.
  3. Dementia; insanity; lunacy
mental illness
Any of various disorders characterized by impairment of an individual's thoughts, emotions, or social functioning, including schizophrenia and mood disorders such as bipolar disorder.
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  1. Any of various disorders characterized by impairment of an individual's thoughts, emotions, or social functioning, including schizophrenia and mood disorders such as bipolar disorder.
  2. (Uncountable) The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.
  3. Any of various psychiatric disorders or diseases, usually characterized by impairment of thought, mood, or behavior.
psychopathy
Mental illness. No longer in clinical use.
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  1. Mental illness. No longer in clinical use.
  2. Mental disorder, especially antisocial personality disorder.
  3. A personality disorder characterized by deceitfulness, manipulation, grandiosity, lack of empathy or guilt, and often aggressive or violent behavior. It is sometimes considered a subset of antisocial personality disorder.
mania
An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire:
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  1. An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire:
  2. (Psychiatry) An abnormal psychological state characterized by symptoms such as elation, high energy and activity level, racing thoughts, irritability, and rapid speech, typically occurring in people with bipolar disorder.
  3. Wild or violent mental disorder; specif., the manic phase of bipolar affective disorder, characterized generally by abnormal excitability, exaggerated feelings of well-being, flight of ideas, excessive activity, etc.
aberration
The apparent displacement of the position of a celestial body in the direction of motion of an observer on Earth, caused by the motion of Earth and the finite velocity of light.
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  1. The apparent displacement of the position of a celestial body in the direction of motion of an observer on Earth, caused by the motion of Earth and the finite velocity of light.
  2. An imperfect image caused by a physical defect in an optical element, as in a lens.
  3. A defect in a lens or mirror that prevents light rays from being focused at a single point and results in a distorted or blurred image. &diamf3; Aberration that results in distortion of color is called chromatic aberration. &diamf3; Aberration that is caused by imperfections in the surface or shape of a spherical mirror or lens is called spherical aberration.
alienation
Emotional isolation or dissociation.
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  1. Emotional isolation or dissociation.
  2. The act of alienating or the condition of being alienated; estrangement:
  3. In real property law, the voluntary and absolute transfer of title of possession, by gift, sale, or testamentary instrument, of real property from one to another. In real property law, the voluntary and absolute transfer of title of possession, by gift, sale, or testamentary instrument, of real property from one to another.
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  • But once you did, you quickly compensated for any unbalance, or heavy reaction from kick back.

  • unbalance the economy, causing more problems than it solves.

  • unbalance the game in our opinion.

  • Too much money poured into a concentrated region can unbalance the economy, causing more problems than it solves.

  • The rules definitely DID NOT unbalance the game in our opinion.

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