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conk

verb as in die

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"Having to go out in the dark every time the generator conked out."

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The food van that conked out at Del Rosario’s house was from Revolution Foods, one of the vendors in the city’s delivery program.

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But my pacemaker battery was running low, and what if it conked out in the middle of an extraction?

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A loud conk shut Robert up, as Jack’s grandfather smacked him with the food tray, but it was already too late.

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I had to replace an air conditioner motor that just couldn’t keep up and conked out.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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