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affliction(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
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ambush(noun, break, check, ruin, defeat)
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amount(charge, figure, value, rate, payment)
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annihilation(noun, break, check, defeat, fall)
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annoyance(noun, trouble, worry, blow, anxiety)
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anticlimax(noun, decline, fall, blow, down)
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anxiety(noun, trouble, worry, blow, burden)
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arrest
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arrestation
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arrestment
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bad break(expression, blow, cross, failure, hardship)
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bath(noun, delay, hindrance, disappointment, holdup)
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beginning
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betrayed hope
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bind(noun, check, delay, stay, wait)
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blast
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blasted expectation
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blighted hope
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blockade
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blunder(defeat, blow, failure, mistake, misfortune)
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