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(n)
An act, process, or instance of expiring.
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(uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack.
The act of departing or something that has departed.
(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
Progress.
military personnel lost by death or capture
The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society
The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
(uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
(uncountable) The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.
(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
(often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
(uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
Something or someone that has been ruined.
The act or process by which something lapses.
A temporary failure; a slip.
Harm, hurt, damage.
An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
The act of destroying.
A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
A lessening, decrease or reduction.
An instance or process of loss of strength.
Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
Physical injury; hurt; damage.
The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
A disability or handicap.
A downward trend, or the beginnings of one.
The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
The state of being impoverished.
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
The action of disappearing or vanishing.
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
(adj)
That vanishes.
disappearance
Damage to the body of a living thing.
The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified
A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
(slang) Very drunk or stoned.
A desaparecido.
A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.
The act of declining or refusing something.
The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
(statistics) A value that is missing.
(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
The act of collapsing.
The act of deleting.
(formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
The act of extirpating or uprooting.
The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The act, process, or result of reducing.
The act of dispossessing someone of something.
An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
An act or instance of revoking.
A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
The act of loosening or unfastening
A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
A sum that can be removed in tax calculations, usually from the taxable amount; something that is written off.
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
(uncountable) unhappiness, woe
The act of relinquishing something.
An act or instance of feeling or expressing grief.
Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.
Lack of the ability to do something; incapability.
(law) The loss of forfeit property.
A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
A strong wind.
A gradual reduction in number.
The act of gaining; acquisition.
The process of flowing out.
That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.