What does "totaled" mean?

What does "totaled" mean?

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With general car maintenance, totaled is a term that was really built by the insurance agencies. Totaled means that a vehicle was in an accident, maybe a flood or a big storm to which that vehicle has been identified as being beyond repair. The car has therefore been "totaled" and should be scrapped and parted out, as opposed to being fixed and put back on the roadway.