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Perturb, discompose (8)

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I believe the answer is:

unsettle

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">perturb</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">discompose</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(unsettling is a kind of discomposing)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for unsettle that I've seen before include "Make uneasy, disturb the calm of" , "Nettle us so as to disturb" , "'Disturb, unnerve (8)'" , "Trouble" , "Faze" .)

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