discombobulate
To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
transitive
Can't you and I pretend to quarrel? A personal assault by you on me will wake these people up and discombobulate Goldsmith. Say the word—only don't hit too hard.
Where it comes from
Fanciful variant of discompose, discomfit, etc., originally discombobricate. The -bob- interfix may come from bobbery, meaning “commotion, noise”. First attested in 1834 in the United States.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry discombobulate (CC BY-SA 4.0).