failures synonyms

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abortion

aborticide
feticide
misbirth
miscarriage
termination

bankruptcy

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defalcation
default
destituteness
destitution
disaster
exhaustion
failure
indebtedness

bomb

Molotov cocktail
atom bomb
bombshell
charge
device
explosive
grenade
hydrogen bomb
mine

botch

blow
bobble
boggle
bollix
boot
bumble
bungle
butcher
distort

breakdown

basket case
crackup
disintegration
disruption
failure
mishap
nervous prostration
neurasthenia
neurosis

bungle

ball up
boggle
botch
butcher
drop the ball
err
flub
foul up
fudge

bust

bosom
breast
chest
front

checkmate

baffle
conquer
corner
defeat
frustrate
gain
outwit
stop
thwart

collapse

bankruptcy
basket case
cataclysm
catastrophe
cave-in
conk out
crackup
crash
debacle

decay

adulteration
atrophy
blight
caries
consumption
corrosion
crumbling
decadence
decline

decline

abatement
backsliding
comedown
cropper
decay
decrepitude
degeneracy
degeneration
descent

defeat

KO
ambush
annihilation
beating
blow
break
breakdown
check
collapse

deficiency

absence
bug
dearth
defalcation
default
defect
deficit
demerit
dereliction

deficit

arrears
dead horse
defalcation
default
deficiency
due bill
dues
in hock
in the hole

deterioration

abasement
adulteration
atrophy
corrosion
crumbling
debasement
decadence
decaying
declension

downfall

atrophy
bane
breakdown
cloudburst
collapse
comedown
comeuppance
debacle
decadence

failing

declining
defeated
deficient
faint
feeble
inadequate
insufficient
scant
scanty

false step

blunder
fall
flop
misstep
slip
stumble
trip
tumble

faux pas

blooper
blunder
blunder in etiquette
boo-boo
botch
breach
break
bungle
colossal blunder

fiasco

abortion
blunder
botched situation
breakdown
debacle
disaster
dumb thing to do
dumb trick
embarrassment

flash in the pan

brief success
bugbear
dud
fad
failure
misfire
nine days' wonder
wet squib

flop

bomb
bust
debacle
disaster
dud
fiasco
lemon
loser
miscarriage

frustration

annoyance
bitter pill
blocking
blow
bummer
chagrin
circumvention
contravention
curbing

implosion

abortion
bankruptcy
bomb
botch
breakdown
bungle
bust
checkmate
collapse

inadequacy

blemish
dearth
defalcation
defectiveness
deficiency
deficit
drawback
failing
faultiness

lemon

failure
flop
junk
piece of junk
reject

loser

also-ran
deadbeat
defeated
disadvantaged
down-and-outer
dud
failure
flop
flunkee

loss

accident
bad luck
bereavement
calamity
casualty
cataclysm
catastrophe
cost
damage

mess

botch
chaos
clutter
combination
compound
confusion
debris
dirtiness
disarray

misadventure

accident
adversity
bad break
blunder
calamity
casualty
cataclysm
catastrophe
debacle

miscarriage

abortion
botch
breakdown
defeat
error
interruption
malfunction
misadventure
mischance

misstep

bad move
blunder
bungle
error
failure
false step
faux pas
fluff
gaffe

nonperformance

abortion
bankruptcy
bomb
botch
breakdown
bungle
bust
checkmate
collapse

nonsuccess

KO
ambush
annihilation
beating
blow
break
breakdown
check
collapse

overthrow

abolish
beat
bring down
bring to ruin
conquer
crush
demolish
depose
dethrone

rout

beating
clobbering
comedown
confusion
debacle
disaster
drubbing
embarrassment
flight

rupture

breach
burst
cleavage
cleft
crack
division
fissure
fracture
hernia

sinking ship

abortion
bankruptcy
bomb
botch
breakdown
bungle
bust
checkmate
collapse

stalemate

Catch-22
arrest
check
delay
draw
gridlock
impasse
pause
standoff

stoppage

abeyance
arrest
blockage
check
close
closure
cutoff
deduction
discontinuance

total loss

abortion
bankruptcy
bomb
botch
breakdown
bungle
bust
checkmate
collapse

turkey

ass
birdbrain
blockhead
bonehead
boob
bore
buffoon
clod
clown

washout

disaster
downpour
erosion
fiasco
flop
gully

wreck

collapse
crash
crate
debacle
debris
derelict
destruction
devastation
disruption

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