Asked by dd

As soon as Rika realized her phone had gone through the wash in her pants pocket, she rushed online for advice on how to fix it. She tried every suggestion: blasting it with her hair dryer, covering it with dry rice, replacing the battery. Nothing worked. It wouldn’t turn back on. Her phone was kaput."

Based on context clues in the reading, define "kaput."


cracked


dead


wet


turned off

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
dead

The context says it "wouldn’t turn back on" after water damage, so "kaput" means broken/not working (dead).