Machines - not functioning
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- act up phrasal verb
- break down phrasal verb (MACHINE)
- broken adjective (DAMAGED)
- burn out phrasal verb (BREAK)
- conk out phrasal verb
- crash verb (FAIL)
- cut out phrasal verb (STOP WORKING)
- deactivate verb
- dead adjective (EQUIPMENT)
- defective adjective
- defunct adjective
- die verb
- disable verb (MACHINE)
- disable verb (PERSON)
- down adjective (NOT IN OPERATION)
- downtime noun
- dysfunction noun
- fail verb (STOP)
- failure noun (STOP)
- freeze verb (STOP WORKING)
- give out phrasal verb
- give up the ghost idiom
- go down phrasal verb (COMPUTER)
- go off phrasal verb (STOP WORKING)
- had verb (FINISHED)
- haywire adjective
- idle adjective (NOT WORKING)
- incapacitate verb
- inoperative adjective
- kilter noun
- knackered adjective (BROKEN)
- malfunction noun
- malfunction verb
- misbehave verb (MACHINE)
- misfire verb (ENGINE)
- off adverb (NOT OPERATING)
- on the blink idiom
- out of commission idiom
- outage noun
- seize up phrasal verb
- shot adjective (DESTROYED)
- shudder to a halt idiom
- shut (sth) down phrasal verb
- shut (sth) off phrasal verb
- shutdown noun
- stall verb (ENGINE)
- stop verb (FINISH)
- suspended animation noun
- temperamental adjective (MACHINE)
- unusable adjective
- whack noun (NOT RIGHT)
- wrong adjective (NOT WORKING)
- wrong adverb
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