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banjax
(ban¦jax)
Pronunciation:
/ˈbandʒaks/
verb
[
with object
]
(usually as adjective
banjaxed
)
informal
ruin, incapacitate, or break:
the kettle’s banjaxed
Origin:
1930s
: originally Anglo-Irish, of unknown origin
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