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THROW OUT OF KILTER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Throw into great confusion or disorder

Example:

Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order

Synonyms:

derange; perturb; throw out of kilter

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "throw out of kilter" is one way to...):

disarray; disorder (bring disorder to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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