159 entries under collapse topic. ×

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setback(noun, break, trouble, check, ruin)
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slip(noun, drop, ruin, defeat, fall)
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crash(noun, drop, decline, ruin, blow)
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letdown(noun, drop, decline, defeat, blow)
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trouble(noun, health, upset, ruin, defeat)
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bad luck(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, ruin)
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catastrophe(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
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descent(noun, upset, drop, end, decline)
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insolvency(noun, ruin, condition, money)
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undoing(noun, upset, trouble, end, ruin)
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beating(noun, upset, break, check, defeat)
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blow(noun, break, trouble, check, ruin)
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botch(noun, decline, ruin, neglect)
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flaw(noun, trouble, ruin, slip, weakness)
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misadventure(noun, trouble, decline, ruin, defeat)
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nonsuccess(noun, break, check, decline, ruin)
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weakness(noun, ruin, slip, skill)
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adversity(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
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faux pas(noun, expression, idiom, decline, ruin)
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mess(noun, decline, ruin, neglect)
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