Meanings of disorientate in English

Otago University zoologist Liz Slooten said the blasting noise could disorientate whales.

It's certainly the case that nothing has the capacity to disorientate a defence quite like an effective cross.

Meriau: I want to disorientate the viewer, at least initially, so hopefully the images are not immediately understandable.

Again, the exact effects were disputed: Would it simply dazzle and disorientate, or would it have more dramatic effects?

Random flashing lights in the goggles' peripheral area, allied to hallucinogenic-type sounds in the headphones, combine to disorientate drivers.

The sight of Agüero skittering away ahead of him will disorientate plenty of defences in ways that open space for others.

Now they have lurched the other way, having committed to a time zone-defying schedule that would disorientate the most experienced cabin steward.

The gunfire, targeted upwards, is merely designed to confuse and disorientate the police and Federal units that face them across the street.

Zhukov and Konev, spurred on by Stalin, concentrated on a speed of advance, following the breakthrough, which would totally disorientate the German Army.

PC Ferguson, 40, said his colleague, Sergeant Torquil Campbell, had then squirted CS spray at the man's eyes to try and disorientate him.

The first year it was definitely disorientating for a lot of them.

The effect created by the curtains of falling snow is utterly disorientating.

It was a frightening and disorientating time for many children, Ms Tacey said.

He put his error down to how disorientating this place was, how claustrophobic.

He tried to find the cutoff, but the spin had completely disorientated him.

I doubt if many people really want to go back to those disorientating conditions.