Active
Active adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the abandoned factory had not been active for years
Broken
Broken adjective - Forcibly separated into many pieces.
Both words in one sentence
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When the female Thermian Laliari is first introduced, her translator is broken but her humanoid disguise is otherwise still active.
Source: Cute but Cacophonic - In addition, while their alliance with the Reach has been broken up, they are still active, they have the Warworld, and they're allying with Darkseid.
- Twelve years later, a very active Magnus brings the broken shell of a man that his brother meanwhile became back home.
Source: Fanfic / Samowar in Atlantis
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