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kaput

[kah-poot, -poot, kuh-] / kɑˈpʊt, -ˈput, kə- /
ADJECTIVE
ruined, wrecked
Synonyms
WEAK
all washed up belly up burned out cooked dead destroyed done for down and out down for the count down the drain down the tubes finished floored had it nonfunctioning on the skids out of business out of circulation sunk totaled washed up wiped-out

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2024

So, I’m not surprised this thing finally went kaput.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2024

When it was over, his excuse for hanging out with her would be kaput.

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone

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