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Perturb, discompose (8)

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I believe the answer is:

unsettle

I believe this is a double definition.

'perturb' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'discompose' is the second definition.
(unsettling is a kind of discomposing)

(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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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