3
bum(noun, person, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe)
3
carelessness(noun, disregard, neglect, slip, mistake)
3
comedown(noun, upset, drop, end, ruin)
3
dead duck
3
defection(noun, failing, rejection, withdrawal, abandonment)
3
degeneration(noun, drop, end, ruin, fall)
3
depreciation(noun, low, collapse, depression, recession)
3
derelict(noun, person, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe)
3
destitution(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, defeat)
3
disintegration(noun, ruin, collapse, extinction, destruction)
3
dissolution(noun, break, drop, defeat, fall)
3
downturn(noun, drop, decline, fall, low)
3
drawback(noun, weakness, fault, imperfection, shortcoming)
3
end(noun, ruin, fall, collapse, crash)
3
evasion(nonobservance, dereliction of duty)
3
evil
3
falling-off(noun, drop, decline, fall, low)
3
famine(noun, lack, deficiency, disadvantage, scarcity)
3
flash in the pan(noun, expression, idiom, decline, ruin)
3
foible(noun, slip, fault, mistake, failing)
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