malfunctioned in English

verb

1

(of a piece of equipment or machinery) fail to function normally or satisfactorily.

the unit is clearly malfunctioning

synonyms: crash, go wrong, break down, fail, stop working, go down, conk out, go kaput, blow up, act up

verb

• crash, go wrong, break down, fail, stop working, go down, conk out, go kaput, blow up, act up
• misfunction

Use "malfunctioned" in a sentence

1. He was killed when his parachute malfunctioned.

2. The computer malfunctioned and printed out the wrong data.

3. His chute malfunctioned, opening in a direction that carried him straight backward.

4. Signals malfunctioned, causing another train to rear-end the stalled train.

5. There have been unconfirmed reports that a robotic prototype malfunctioned and caused damage to the Arc reactor

6. Three crew members Aboard a Russian nuclear bomber were reportedly killed when its ejector seats malfunctioned before takeoff at an airfield near the …

7. In that city, there is a chemical plant, and on that December night, a valve malfunctioned in one of the gas storage tanks.

8. (military) A person who tends and operates a piece of artillery, especially a cannon. Luckily, the Cannoneer was only mildly injured when his cannon malfunctioned.

9. Cutaway (filmmaking), a film-making technique Cutaway drawing, a type of drawing based on the design technique to cut away part of the outside to show some of the inner work Morning coat, a type of formal coat Cut-away, disconnecting a parachute that has malfunctioned