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bad fortune(noun, expression, pain, failure, bad feelings)
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bad luck(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, ruin)
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destruction(noun, trouble, disorder, ruin, defeat)
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difficulty(noun, trouble, ruin, slip, burden)
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harm(noun, adjective, trouble, ruin, defeat)
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pest(noun, trouble, ruin, burden, misery)
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suffering(noun, trouble, wrong, abuse, harm)
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torment(noun, trouble, ruin, abuse, difficulty)
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ill(noun, adjective, hurt, wrong, blow)
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catastrophic event
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collapse(noun, ruin, destruction, disaster, catastrophe)
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damage(noun, adjective, trouble, hurt, disorder)
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debacle(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
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devastation(noun, disorder, disaster, catastrophe, chaos)
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disease(difficulty, burden, suffering)
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event(noun, experience, occasion, occurrence, happening)
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failure(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
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fatality(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, defeat)
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havoc(noun, disorder, situation, disaster, catastrophe)
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infliction(noun, disaster, adversity, upheaval)
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