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

v. make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair"

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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"

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"

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"

breakdown, crack-up

n. a mental or physical breakdown

disorder, disarray

v. bring disorder to

deal

v. behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

struggle

v. to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

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orderliness, order

n. a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

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