become deranged

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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.

Then would the frightened cattle stampede, and the whole routine of military life become deranged.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis

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

The finances had become deranged under Mazarin, and Colbert attacked the abuses.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

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.