complete failure (noun)

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• failure — noun 1 lack of success ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ abject, humiliating ▪ The attempt ended in abject failure. ▪ inevitable …   Collocations dictionary

• failure — noun 1 LACK OF SUCCESS (C, U) a lack of success in achieving or doing something: How can we account for the failure of the League of Nations to achieve peace in Europe? | end/result in failure: Harry s ambitious plans ended in failure. 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• complete — 1 adjective 1 a word used to emphasize that a quality you are describing is as great or extreme as possible: Their engagement came as a complete surprise to me. | The police were in complete control of the situation. | a complete… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• disaster — noun 1》 a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life. 2》 an event or fact leading to ruin or failure.     ↘informal a complete failure: my perm is a total disaster. Origin C16: from Ital. disastro ill… …   English new terms dictionary

• shambles — noun informal a shambles a) an event or situation that is a complete failure because it has not been organized or planned properly: be (in) a shambles: By 1985 the economy was in a shambles. | make a shambles of sth: Potts, you made a complete… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• subinvolution — “+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary sub + involution : partial or incomplete involution subinvolution of the uterus * * * subinvolution /sub in və lūˈshən or looˈ/ (medicine) noun Partial or complete failure of the uterus to… …   Useful english dictionary

• debacle — noun (C) an event or situation that is a complete failure because plans have failed …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• déba`cle — noun (C) an event or situation that is a complete failure because plans have failed …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• disaster — noun (C, U) 1 a sudden event such as a flood, storm, or accident which causes great damage or suffering: 108 people died in the mining disaster. | natural disaster (=caused by nature, not by an accident): The 1987 hurricane was the worst natural… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• disruptive discharge — noun : a discharge through an insulating material subjected to an electrostatic stress with an accompanying breaking down or rupture of the material * * * Elect. the sudden, large increase in current through an insulating medium resulting from… …   Useful english dictionary

• consideration — con·sid·er·a·tion n: something (as an act or forbearance or the promise thereof) done or given by one party for the act or promise of another see also contract compare motive ◇ Except in Louisiana, consideration is a necessary element to the… …   Law dictionary