become deranged

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Should it become deranged, however slightly, the mind is no longer fitted to the circumstances; it wanders, dreams.

From Dreams by Slosson, Edwin E.

Q.--If any of the working parts of a locomotive break or become deranged, what should be done?

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.

Then there was plainly discernible a great whirring and flapping, as if a windmill had become deranged in its economy, and was laboring "without a conscience or an aim."

From The Mark Of Cain by Lang, Andrew

Hodge had convinced Lieutenant Gordan that Bascomb had suddenly become deranged, and had succeeded in having the search instituted without telling the real cause of the disappearance.

From Frank Merriwell's Chums by Standish, Burt L.

He learned that the machinery in the point lighthouse had become deranged, so that the wrong signal was shown.

From The Boy Pilot of the Lakes Nat Morton's Perils by Webster, Frank V.