kaput
Example Sentences
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During that winter, the farmhouse's cellar flooded, the pipes froze and "the tractor just decided to go kaput".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Jerry Seinfeld, who presumably knows a thing or two about show business, has said the film industry as currently constituted is kaput, even if Tinseltown has been slow to understand what’s happened in recent decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Gawker was revived, and then went kaput again; Gawker.com is currently devoid of articles.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2024
Whether her chances are kaput is something Eastside voters get to decide — if she stays in the race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
When it was over, his excuse for hanging out with her would be kaput.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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