4
deterioration(decline, back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
4
discomfiture(noun, break, check, ruin, defeat)
4
error(defeat, back, blow, slow, failure)
4
fault(back, weakness, slow, bug, impairment)
4
fizzle(defeat, blow, failure, hindrance, prevention)
4
holdup(noun, control, check, disorder, delay)
4
misadventure(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
4
mistake(defeat, back, blow, slow, failure)
3
adversity(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
3
anachronism(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
annulment(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
backspace(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
backwardation(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
black eye(noun, expression, idiom)
3
bloomer(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
cancellation(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
catastrophe(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
3
come back(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
decadence
3
destruction(noun, break, check, ruin, defeat)
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