Bricked

/brΙͺkt/ verb

Past tense of brick; built or paved with bricks, or caused to fail completely (slang).

From 'brick' as a verb, with '-ed' suffix. The construction meaning is centuries old; the slang meaning (broken, non-functional) emerged in tech culture around 2000.

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