discombobulate

Example Sentences

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Tariffs may slow economic growth, discombobulate markets and boost inflation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Did their hyper-aggressive approach discombobulate their opponents, or themselves?

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2024

The overall aim, León and Pascual concurred, will be to discombobulate internal and external enemies.

From Washington Times • May 30, 2023

The rationale for this inconstancy is that unfamiliar routines should perplex and discombobulate our bodies and muscles and prevent them from settling into a groove or reaching a training plateau.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2020

Oh, Canada, dear Canada, we shall not discombobulate Ourselves concerning JONATHAN.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 by Various