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Nouns (2)

ebb, wane

n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

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decline, decay

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency

n. lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

force, strength, forcefulness

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

depression, dent, indentation

n. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

turkey, bomb, dud

n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

bankruptcy

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

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