Any equipment that cannot be moved must be rendered inoperable.

For the other possibility, that they might elude his men, he'd had the ship rendered inoperable.

If ammunition for the guns are easy available, they have to be rendered inoperable.

This time, the tower suffered extensive damage, and the light was rendered inoperable.

Her joy, however, was tempered by the thought of what might happen to these people should the pipeline be rendered inoperable for an extended period.

As such, they were in use until their software was rendered inoperable by the Year 2000 problem.

The Board of Elections office is two blocks from the trade center, and its computer system has been rendered nearly inoperable, she said.

The firearms and explosives were rendered inoperable by law enforcement.

Mătăsăreanu's vehicle was rendered nearly inoperable after its tires were shot out.

A fire in the 1990s rendered inoperable the substation at Doylestown.