dis|com|bob|u|late

dis|com|bob|u|late
dis|com|bob|u|late «DIHS kuhm BOB yuh layt», transitive verb, -lat|ed, -lat|ing.
Slang. to confuse; disconcert; perplex: »

... a platoon of press agents and photographers, who had instructions to discombobulate opponents (New Yorker).

[probably alteration of discompose and discomfit]

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