bricking
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Unless they agreed, users were blocked from access to the Roku menu and apps, essentially bricking their devices.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024
Is your smartphone inexplicably bricking whenever you try to open your favorite app?
From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023
Now, Amazon is following a well-established pattern of companies bricking smart home hardware because they no longer want to support its ecosystem.
From The Verge • May 30, 2022
Arizona even started missing free throws late in the game, bricking two in a row after having made its first 16 from the line.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2020
“He must have told her about the tunnel, because when I went by it this morning, the legionnaires were bricking it closed.”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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