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force, strength

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"

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frailty, vice

n. moral weakness

defect, shortcoming

n. a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"

flaw

n. an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness

failing, weakness

n. a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings"

insolvency

n. the lack of financial resources

crash, collapse

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

negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance

n. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

dereliction

n. willful negligence

failure

n. an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"

mess, messiness, muss, mussiness

n. a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother

n. a confused multitude of things

indentation

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

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"

insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency

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

decay, decline

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

worsening

n. changing something with the result that it becomes worse

ebb, ebbing, wane

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

bankruptcy, failure

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"

thunderclap

n. a single sharp crash of thunder

rumble

n. a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage

peal, pealing, roll, rolling

n. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

racket

n. a loud and disturbing noise

clack valve, clack, clapper valve

n. a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction

clatter

n. a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"

thunder

n. a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

clack, clap

n. a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated

jingle, jangle

n. a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"

breakdown, crack-up

n. a mental or physical breakdown

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