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kaput

[kah-poot, -poot, kuh-] / kɑˈpʊt, -ˈput, kə- /


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A movie going kaput would be a crisis at any studio.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

I feel I need to go until I’m done thinking or until my brain just goes kaput.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2025

His latest acquisition is a spider that, unbeknown to Kaleb, was smuggled from a Middle Eastern desert after rendering one of its captors agonizingly kaput.

From New York Times Apr. 25, 2024

"Don't worry about this Rwanda issue. It is kaput," he claimed.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2024

And then I think, does she mean “finished,” as in kaput, over and done with, out of commission?

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech




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