fail
verb (STOP) /feɪl/Definition
B2 [I] to become weaker or stop working completely: If my eyesight fails, I'll have to stop doing this job. The brakes failed and the car crashed into a tree. After talking non-stop for two hours, her voice started to fail. The old man was failing fast (= he was dying).Becoming and making less strongNot functioning › [I] If a business fails, it is unable to continue because of money problems.Starting, succeeding and failing in business
(Definition of fail verb (STOP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abate verb
- adulterate verb
- attenuate verb
- attrition noun
- be fading away/fast idiom
- blunt verb
- dull verb
- ebb verb (FEELING)
- falter verb
- flagging adjective
- keep sb down phrasal verb
- knock/take the stuffing out of sb/sth idiom
- melt away phrasal verb
- neutralize verb (STOP EFFECT)
- relieve verb (MAKE BETTER)
- waste away phrasal verb
- water sth down phrasal verb (DRINK)
- water sth down phrasal verb (IDEA)
- waver verb
- weaken verb
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