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balk(upset, blow, shock, disaster)
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casualty(upset, ruin, defeat, blow)
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hitch(disorder, delay, difficulty, weakness)
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slump
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bottom(delay, hindrance, disappointment, holdup)
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bummer(defeat, blow, failure, hindrance)
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bump(upset, blow, shock, smash)
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calamity(upset, trouble, ruin, defeat)
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discomfiture(break, check, ruin, defeat)
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holdup(control, check, disorder, delay)
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misadventure(upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
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adversity(trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
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black eye(expression, idiom)
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catastrophe(upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
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decadence
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destruction(break, check, ruin, defeat)
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drubbing(break, check, defeat, fall)
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extermination(break, check, ruin, defeat)
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fail
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flop(ruin, defeat, blow, down)
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