Broken and Reliable

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Broken adjective - Forcibly separated into many pieces.

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Reliable is an antonym for broken.

Nearby Words: broke, brokenly

Reliable adjective - Worthy of one's trust.

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Broken is an antonym for reliable in trustworthy topic.

Nearby Words: reliability, reliance, reliably, rely, reliant

Zaeed of Mass Effect 2 has a broken rifle named Jessie that was the most reliable weapon he'd ever used until it finally jammed and would not fire anymore.

Source: Wrecked Weapon
The usability of many a Mighty Glacier and Stone Wall has been made or broken based entirely on whether they have a reliable way to heal back damage.

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Akin to the D&D example, firearms in Pathfinder (which are fairly reliable for a fantasy setting) will damage themselves in some way on a critical failure, giving them the "broken" condition.

Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns

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