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event(noun, experience, occasion, occurrence, happening)
7
glitch(noun, difficulty, fault, error, problem)
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failure(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
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grief(noun, ruin, destruction, disaster, catastrophe)
6
misery(noun, difficulty, disaster, trial, hardship)
6
smash(noun, ruin, informal, failure, crash)
5
collision(noun, upset, ruin, crash, hazard)
5
crash(noun, ruin, smash, disaster, catastrophe)
5
crisis(noun, action, act, event, thing)
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difficulty(noun, trouble, ruin, concern, strain)
5
hardship(noun, trouble, concern, strain, difficulty)
5
hitch(noun, difficulty, problem, bug, holdup)
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setback(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, defeat)
5
shock(upset, failure, disaster, catastrophe, surprise)
5
trial(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, concern)
4
blight(noun, ruin, shock, failure, destruction)
4
burden(noun, stress, weight, disaster, trial)
4
collapse(noun, ruin, failure, destruction, disaster)
4
crack-up(noun, smash, crash, hazard, setback)
4
curse(noun, ruin, shock, failure, destruction)
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