Failure and Wreck

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Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Wreck is a synonym for failure in lack of success topic. In some cases you can use "Wreck" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

Wreck noun - The portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed.

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Failure is a synonym for wreck. Sometimes you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Wreck".

Nearby Words: wrecked, wrecker, wreckage, wrecking

complete	complete failure	complete wreck
total	total failure	total wreck
actual	actual failure	actual wreck
massive	massive failure	massive wreck
Other adjectives: serious, miserable, horrible, absolute, pathetic, aforementioned.

The other is a nervous wreck that can't work up the courage to do anything based on the thought that it'll lead to a personal failure in her responsibilities.

Source: Fanfic / RainbowDoubleDash's Lunaverse
By the end of the episode, the psychiatrist is a nervous wreck, and Frank is delighted to have been proved right — he is a failure.

Source: Critical Psychoanalysis Failure
By the final ending, the knowledge of his failure and the psychological torture have reduced him to a sobbing wreck of a human being.

Source: Video Game / Second Sight

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