Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Unhinge

Unhinge , transitive verb

[1st 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