Broken cupboard door - advice please?

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So I had a party at the weekend and someone leaned on my cupboard door. The top hinge has snapped right off as the screws ripped right through the wood.

I tried to find a photo on google to show how it looks and the hinge looks almost identical to this one. By the way, the screws which have 'ripped through the wood' are on the actual side panel of the cupboard, not on the door itself.

Is there anything I can do to fix the door? I'm thinking I'll have to drill two new holes in, slightly to the left of where the existing holes were and re-attach the hinge. But not sure if that's such a good idea?
 
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By the way, the screws which have 'ripped through the wood' are on the actual side panel of the cupboard, not on the door itself.
 
If the "side panel" is an internal divider i.e. not to an external face, you could just drill straight through, and fix with something like these

If to external, you could try some resin bond-type material in the knackered wood, let it set, then screw back into it.
Or, fix a metal mending plate over the damaged area, and screw into that.

Lastly, move the hinge up or down (which will involve cutting a new rebated hole in the door).
 

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