| failure(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, blow) |
| brief success(noun, expression, failure, success, miscarriage) |
| dud(noun, defeat, blow, failure, mistake) |
| fad(noun, success) |
| misfire(noun, failure, success, miscarriage) |
| nine days' wonder(noun, success) |
| wet squib(noun, expression, failure, success, miscarriage) |
| abortion(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| bankruptcy(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| bomb(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| botch(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| breakdown(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| bugbear(noun, success) |
| bungle(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| bust(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, blow) |
| checkmate(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| collapse(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, neglect) |
| decay(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| decline(noun, ruin, defeat, neglect, collapse) |
| defeat(noun, decline, ruin, blow, neglect) |