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  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  fail
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  abortive, catastrophic, manque, unfulfilled, unsuccessful, would-be
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  fail
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  abstention, bankruptcy, catastrophe, damp squib, defalcation, delinquency, demise, dereliction, deterioration, failure, fiasco, insolvency, laches, miscarriage, misfeasance, neglect, nonperformance, omission, pretermission
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  fail
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To prove deficient or insufficient.
Synonyms:  give out, run out
Idioms:  fall short, run dry, run short
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  fail
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To be unsuccessful.
Synonyms:  choke, fall through
Idioms:  fail of success, fall short
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  fail
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To receive less than a passing grade.
Synonyms:  flunk*
* = informal or slang
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  fail
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To not do (something necessary).
Synonyms:  default, neglect, omit
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  fail
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To cease functioning properly.
Synonyms:  break down, give out
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  fail
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  abandon, abort, bankrupt, become bankrupt, bomb, bungle, decline, default, desert, deteriorate, disappoint, exhaust, falter, flag, flop, flunk, foil, fold, founder, go wrong, lack, languish, lose, miscarry, retrograde, retrogress, sink, sora, unsuccessful, wane, welsh
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  break
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To make or become unusable or inoperative.
Synonyms:  ruin
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  collapse
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To undergo sudden financial failure.
Synonyms:  break, bust, crash, go under
Idioms:  go belly up, go bust, go on the rocks, go to the wall

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Cite This Source   Synonym Collection v1.1
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Cite This Source   Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

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