Base and lid broken and put out of action (7)
I believe the answer is:
disable
'put out of action' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'base and lid broken' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'broken' is an anagram indicator.
'base'+'lid'='baselid'
'baselid' anagrammed gives 'DISABLE'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for disable that I've seen before include "cripple" , "Weaken" , "Handicap" , "Make inoperable" , "Prevent" .)