put out of action
Example Sentences
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Analysts and officials say that Tehran has been rebuilding its launchers and recovering the ones put out of action when Israel bombed the entrances to underground missile storage facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
It comes just weeks after the key Antonivsky Bridge was put out of action by Ukrainian forces.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2022
With the rank of wing commander, Mr. Edwards shot down a confirmed 19 Luftwaffe fighter planes and scored many more “probables,” the aircraft he put out of action but did not see hit the ground.
From Washington Post • May 21, 2022
Human Rights Watch, an NGO, asked why security cameras at Mr Parojinog’s house were put out of action, and said the vice-mayor had accused the police of planting the drugs found.
From Economist • Aug. 3, 2017
All the tyrannous giants were dead, all the dangerous dragons—some of which used to come down with a burrr like the peregrine’s stoop—had been put out of action.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
