The light would disorientate the squid's intended prey, disrupting their defences, they added.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

You have to find another bad guy, create some more paranoia to further disorientate the rabble.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Voices in English » Georgia: Concerns emerge over opposition protests] Reference

The first recorded use of the longer forms is 1704 (for disorientate) and 1848 (for orientate).    From Wordnik.com.  [On being orient(at)ed] Reference

Japanese scientists believe the creatures use the bright flashes to disorientate potential victims.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

In order to test our resilience, the instructors tried to disorientate us, to confuse our body clocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover]

JOUVENAL: Well, what they did is, they drove us around Jalalabad in circles, I think trying to disorientate us.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2006] Reference

To be fair, he was celebrating the birth of another grandchild that day, an event that could disorientate anybody.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference

The antonyms disorient and disorientate date from 1655 and 1704, respectively; again they are virtually synonymous.    From Wordnik.com.  [July « 2009 « Sentence first] Reference

One such method involved placing a wet bag over the victim's face to disorientate him and induce a feeling of suffocation.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The mere fact that he was waiting on her was enough to disorientate her, without all this kindness and playing the perfect father.    From Wordnik.com.  [faceless]

According to an article at New Scientist, DARPA is developing a plasma shield that would allow troops to stun and disorientate enemies.    From Wordnik.com.  [DARPA Developing Defensive Plasma Shield | Impact Lab] Reference

This went on for a while until Special Branch informed us they were going to use psychological techniques in an attempt to disorientate him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover]

STUN GRENADES produce over 180 decibles of sound, intense heat, 8 million candle power, concussion and are designed to blind, deafen and disorientate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » Friday Morning Rant: Police As Home Invaders] Reference

An excellent demonstration of TQ in the field, designed to disorientate the prisoner and thereby obtain much needed information which could help to save soldier's lives.    From Wordnik.com.  [UNDERMINING OUR MILITARY] Reference

Blindfolding and handcuffing is designed to disorientate and instil fear.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News - Home] Reference

How about a weapon that does nothing but disorientate your opponents for a second or two?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Techgage Reviews] Reference

And those motivational slide shows to disorientate you from the fact that you hate your job.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Fused Life] Reference

Bad End: Alto dies protecting Ranka and Sheryl while they sing a duet to disorientate the vajra and allow Frontier to claim victory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anime Nano!] Reference

It's all because of the street lights which disorientate and confuse the puffins as they begin their annual migration during the night.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference

Dépayser dépayser day-pay-ee-zay verb 1. to disorientate, to disorient 2. to give a change of scenery to; to give a welcome change of surroundings to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Escapade] Reference

Until now postmen have been armed with a peppermint spray which releases a cloud of gas intended to distract and disorientate dogs for up to 20 minutes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kos RSS Feed] Reference

Similarly, the proud protégé of Kitamura throws in a manner of quirky camera tilts and quick edits to further disorientate and second guess the viewer.    From Wordnik.com.  [DVD Times] Reference

Among techniques used to disorientate prisoners were "frequent flyer" programmes, whereby detainees would be moved from their cell every hour, night and day.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

He says he was forced to wear goggles and earmuffs and was repeatedly forced to adopt stress positions and run in zig-zags to disorientate him until he collapsed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

A plot was hatched in which a white Fiat Uno carrying agents was sent to blind and disorientate driver Henri Paul as he sped through the Paris underpass pursued by photographers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Ice Creations] Reference

"discredit the current leadership in office, destabilize the organization by sowing seeds of division, and disorientate its membership".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The use of sound we left to the South African police, who developed certain apparatus which transmitted certain frequencies to disorientate people, "he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

And it does disorientate.    From Wordnik.com.  [In prison.] Reference

The light would disorientate sic!.    From Wordnik.com.  [flashlights of the deep: The Giant Squid hunts with headlights! « raincoaster] Reference

Sarge: I know, I'm trying to disorientate him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Comic Strip Presents Episode Guide by Michael S. (Version 5.0)] Reference

1. to disorientate, to disorient.    From Wordnik.com.  [dépayser - French Word-A-Day] Reference