Un‐hinge″ (?), v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hinge.]
1. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.
2. To displace; to unfix by violence. Blackmore.
3. To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves.
Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind? South.
His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind. Walpole.