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misfortune: unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event; an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

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run aground collapse

pileup collapse: multiple collisions of vehicles

mischance collapse

mishap collapse: an instance of misfortune

misadventure collapse

destitution collapse: a state without friends or money or prospects

tragedy collapse: drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity

ordeal collapse: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence; a severe or trying experience

smashup collapse

disaster collapse: an act that has disastrous consequences

pity collapse: an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"

casualty collapse: a decrease of military personnel or equipment; someone injured or killed in an accident; someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

calamity collapse: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

suffering collapse: feelings of mental or physical pain; misery resulting from affliction; troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"

accident collapse: anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause; a mishap; especially one causing injury or death

hardship collapse: something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"

undoing collapse: an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

drown collapse: die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"; get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"; kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"

shipwreck collapse: a wrecked ship (or a part of one); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"; destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"; cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"; suffer failure, as in some enterprise; ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"

vicissitude collapse: mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another); a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something; "the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research"

cataclysm collapse

misery collapse: a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief"; a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"

collision collapse: a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"; an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"; (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"

founder collapse: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"; a worker who makes metal castings; stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"; sink below the surface

sorrow collapse: an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement; "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"; sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"

picnic collapse: any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion; eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"

grief collapse: something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John"; intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

scourge collapse: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor); punish severely; excoriate

harm collapse: cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system"

mischief collapse: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

affliction collapse: a cause of great suffering and distress; a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health; a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

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