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Failure

fiasco

noun

a complete and embarrassing failure

debacle

noun

something that fails completely in an embarrassing way

error

noun

a failure in a computer process

failure

noun

a situation in which something such as a machine or an organ in your body stops working correctly

crash

noun

the sudden and complete failure of a business

failure

noun

a lack of success in doing something

collapse

noun

a situation in which something fails or stops existing

breakdown

noun

a situation in which something has failed or is beginning to fail

malfunction

noun

a failure to work or operate correctly

lapse

noun

a short or temporary period when you fail or forget to do something in the right way

caxirola

a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken

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emancipation

the process of giving freedom and rights to someone

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pierce the corporate veil

… the decision to treat the rights and duties of a company as being the same as the rights and duties of its shareholders

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