Converse of object

• feign: On graduation in 1984 he went to work as a prison officer, only escaping from a life contract by feigning insanity.

• plead: This activity later be referred to in his trial in an elaborate attempt to plead insanity.

• stop: But when he finally dares to try to stop the insanity, he winds up in a desperate fight for survival.

• cause: No reputable historian would accept the idea that educating a woman sucks all the blood from her uterus, or that masturbation causes insanity.

• reflect: A confident storyteller, he interweaves stories to show the chaos of a well-heeled society that reflects the insanity of the asylum.

• see: Steve: We've been working ten years to get people to see the insanity behind supporting a Tory government.

Adjective modifier

• utter: Twain uses the voice of an exiled angel, temporarily in terrestrial residence, to describe the utter insanity of human kind.

• temporary: A verdict of suicide during temporary insanity was returned.

• sheer: The sheer insanity of Edward II's choice of a campsite now became apparent.

• instant: We describe these examples and others from the allied subject of graph theory, and show you how you can cope with instant insanity.

• pure: Having more than one wife is bigamy; having more than one husband is pure insanity.

• collective: To destroy it for money, a simple number with no intrinsic value, is an act of collective insanity.

Modifies a noun

• plea: And I may observe that we have an insanity plea that would have saved Cain.

• defense: The debate on the insanity defense does not adequately discuss the components of the mens rea.

Noun used with modifier

• round: Sumdy's Dad live, with their unique mix of cracking covers, fantastic originals and all round insanity... .

Preposition: in

• family: Insanity in the family: the 2nd Earl Erne ( 1765-1842 ).

Preposition: of

• war: Tired talk of life back home, girls, the insanity of war; the likes of, What am I doing here?

• world: Stewart's style is to mug for the cameras, playing the befuddled nice guy confused by the insanity of the modern world.

• power: Alexander had been broken by the insanity of absolute power.