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fry
fry 1. /vi./ To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing
hardware failures. More generally, to become non-working. Usage:
never said of software, only of hardware and humans. See
fried, magic smoke. 2. /vt./ To cause to fail; to
roach, toast, or hose a piece of hardware. Never
used of software or humans, but compare fried.
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