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 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

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.

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

Sometimes people become deranged simply from the indulgence of their tempers.

From Elsie at Nantucket by Finley, Martha