bricking
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The bankruptcy filing, which happened on Sunday, has raised fear among Roomba users who are worried about “bricking,” which is when a device stops working or is rendered useless due to a lack of software updates.
From Los Angeles Times
Brick has an app, but there’s nothing to do in it except select which apps get bricked and then activate the bricking functionality.
From Slate
During this summer of bricking, a few thoughts refused to leave me.
From Slate
Unless they agreed, users were blocked from access to the Roku menu and apps, essentially bricking their devices.
From New York Times
Is your smartphone inexplicably bricking whenever you try to open your favorite app?
From Scientific American
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