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plague(noun, trouble, ruin, difficulty, burden)
12
scourge(noun, trouble, ruin, difficulty, burden)
12
trial(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
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evil(noun, disaster, immorality, wickedness, sin)
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blow(noun, upset, ruin, defeat, wrong)
10
bane(noun, end, ruin, slip, collapse)
10
blight(noun, trouble, ruin, slip, shock)
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reverse(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
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ruin(noun, trouble, defeat, wrong, evil)
9
desolation(noun, disorder, ruin, collapse, failure)
8
grief(noun, trouble, ruin, difficulty, distress)
8
wretchedness(noun, distress, pain, depression, sadness)
7
abyss(noun, collapse, disaster, catastrophe, upheaval)
7
cross(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, burden)
7
doom(noun, ruin, shock, failure, unpleasant)
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agony(noun, trouble, distress, pain, depression)
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burden(noun, trouble, ruin, evil, blow)
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contretemps(noun, blow, difficulty, cross, failure)
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ordeal(noun, trouble, evil, difficulty, burden)
6
visitation(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, slip)
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