More than 530km (331miles) of railway lines in Saxony and 740km of roads were rendered useless and 180 bridges destroyed.

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Many manufacturing jobs will be rendered useless with newer technology, which has ever been the mark of an increasingly specialised society.

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"I've included all sorts of little things - his Vickers machine gun, bombed and rendered useless, but the man, the spirit of the man survives, " said Mr Doubleday.

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My entire Steam list (yes, I actually took the time to check to see what worked and what did not) has bee rendered useless, Origin dead, and any and all other games aside from emulators crash instantly.

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He sent the bill back to Congress, saying the restrictions rendered it useless.

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He also claims that he can solve the power problem that rendered Iridium phones useless inside buildings.

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In a city full of mobile phones - now rendered near-useless by network congestion - long queues formed at payphones.

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At worst, if the French were to turn away from the treaty, it would be rendered toothless and useless, because of France's muscle within the eurozone.

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