Broken
Broken adjective - Forcibly separated into many pieces.
Operating
Operating adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the only operating nuclear power plant in the state
Both words in one sentence
- Dr. Hunt(to nurse): Book ORnote operating room 2 for a possible concussion and a broken jaw.
Source: Pre-emptive Declaration - An in-universe example occurs in Happy Gilmore, the viewer is shown home videos from the protagonist's childhood, and footage is shown of his father being struck by a hockey puck while operating the camera, complete with a broken lens.
Source: Camera Abuse / Film -
And completely insane, since it was first given the personality of its original builder, a psychotic, homicidal megalomaniac; then later had its operating system broken into at least twelve different parts, none of which can talk to each other.
Source: Big Fancy Castle
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