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third-person singular simple present disarrays, present participle disarraying, simple past and past participle disarrayed
(transitive) To throw into disorder; to break the array of. quotations examples
Who with fiery steeds / Oft disarray'd the foes in battle ranged.
1726, Elijah Fenton, Odyssey
(transitive) To take off the dress of; to unrobe. quotations examples
So as she bad, that witch they disaraid
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, stanza 46
uncountable
Lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion. quotations examples
Tottenham pushed forward in an attempt to complete the recovery - but only succeeded in leaving themselves wide open to Chelsea's attacks and Redknapp's side ended in total disarray.
2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC
Confused attire; undress; dishabille. examples