put out of order

In a short time his electroplating vat was put out of order.

I could tell someone had been in them because the contents in some had been put out of order.

The fact that the electrical equipment of the New City Bank had been put out of order was an important item in the story.

Seconds later, Lloyd gasped out a confession that his sanitary pack had somehow been put out of order by the shockwave.

Most of bus lines were put out of order after 1997 due to drastic decrease of passengeres and unrentability.

Fortunately, only the wiring in the retreat was put out of order and, once he was through the "open barley" door, his way along the passage was illuminated.

The impact of their popularity was such that, in 1998, Japan's telephone service was temporarily put out of order due to the mass number of fans trying to reserve tickets to their upcoming tour.

A Perth mob attacked the church on May 14, 1543, and on May 11, 1559, it and the other religious houses of the city were attacked, looted and put out of order.

She was not able to follow up her observations, however, or to come to any conclusion, for by one of those accidents which are liable to happen at sea, the whole course of their lives was now put out of order.

When the escapee's car pulled up near the hospital, Ryan walked over to a nearby telephone box, but it had been deliberately put out of order, so he walked over to a neighbouring shop and asked to use the phone there.

Although the novelty was put out of order 1772-1809, it has since remained central in the Swedish mindset, seen as a forceful means against corruption and government agencies' unequal treatment of the citizens, increasing the perceived legitimacy of (local and central) government and politicians.