disorient
verb/dɪsˈɔriɛnt/
Frequency rank: #19,749 most common English word
Meaning
to cause someone to lose their sense of direction or feel confused about where they are.
Example sentence
The sudden darkness in the tunnel began to disorient the hikers, and they lost track of which direction they had come from.
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