乱す

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 乱す is read as みだす and is a transitive verb meaning to disturb an appearance, arrangement, or state of order.
• Basic usage: Describing wind disturbing someone’s hair appears in 風が髪を乱す, while describing a person disturbing order in a line appears in 秩序を乱す.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference from 乱れる
  • 乱す is transitive for disturbing something, unlike becoming disordered.