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Brought down broken toaster, crying (7,2,5)

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reduced to tears

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'crying' is the definition.
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'brought down broken toaster' is the wordplay.
'brought down' becomes 'reduced' ('reduce' can be a synonym of 'bring down').
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'toaster' is an anagram of 'totears'.
'reduced'+'totears'='REDUCED TO TEARS'

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