soft-brick in English

Forms: soft-bricks [present, singular, third-person], soft-bricking [participle, present], soft-bricked [participle, past], soft-bricked [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb}} soft-brick (third-person singular simple present soft-bricks, present participle soft-bricking, simple past and past participle soft-bricked)

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    {
      "form": "soft-bricks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soft-bricking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soft-bricked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soft-bricked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        {
          "word": "hard-brick"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (an electronic device) to fail to operate while still showing signs of life, for example a computer switching on but failing to boot."
      ],
      "id": "en-soft-brick-en-verb-KoLIGbX0",
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        [
          "computer",
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        [
          "boot",
          "boot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause (an electronic device) to fail to operate while still showing signs of life, for example a computer switching on but failing to boot."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "soft-brick"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "soft-bricks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soft-bricking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soft-bricked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soft-bricked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "coordinate_terms": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (an electronic device) to fail to operate while still showing signs of life, for example a computer switching on but failing to boot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ],
        [
          "boot",
          "boot"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To cause (an electronic device) to fail to operate while still showing signs of life, for example a computer switching on but failing to boot."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "soft-brick"
}

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"soft-brick" meaning in English

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