become deranged

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Or, finally, the man had suddenly become deranged from nerve strain and overwork, and in this irresponsible condition had stolen away the girl, with what crazy design none might guess.

From When the Cock Crows by Baily, Waldron

No, impossible! or he may have become deranged and ran into the woods.

From Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

Phillotson, alarmed, went towards it, wondering if she had suddenly become deranged.

From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas

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

Our mother was alive, though our father had been dead many years, and she used to say that the poor woman must have become deranged at the death of her child.

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William