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culmination(noun, trouble, change, ruin, finish)
5
devastation(noun, hurt, disorder, ruin, defeat)
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difficulty(noun, trouble, ruin, slip, collapse)
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emergency(noun, action, trouble, act, change)
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end(noun, ruin, finish, failure, lot)
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event(noun, experience, occasion, occurrence, happening)
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fatality(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, defeat)
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finale(noun, disaster, calamity, upheaval, completion)
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ordeal(noun, depression, sadness, gloom, curse)
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visitation(noun, ruin, blow, collapse, cross)
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washout(noun, trouble, ruin, harm, collapse)
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wreck(noun, disorder, ruin, slip, shock)
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apocalypse(noun, destruction, disaster, fate, doom)
4
bane(noun, adversity, affliction, bale)
4
bummer(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, situation)
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burden(noun, trouble, blow, distress, cross)
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catastrophic event
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collapse(noun, trouble, ruin, slip, failure)
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crisis(noun, action, act, thing, experience)
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doom(noun, ruin, shock, failure, unpleasant)
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