#failure.happening  an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
  exclusion:  success.happening
  supertype:  happening__occurrence__natural_event__naturalevent  an event that happens
  subtype:  ruination__downfall__ruin  failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
     subtype:  finish.ruination  the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict); "booze will be the finish of him"; "it was a fight to the finish"
  subtype:  malfunction  a failure to function normally
     subtype:  stall.malfunction  a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it"
  subtype:  miscarriage__abortion  failure of a plan
  subtype:  miss__misfire  a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
  subtype:  flop.failure__bust  a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
     subtype:  dud__bomb  an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
  subtype:  malformation__miscreation  something abnormal or anomalous
     subtype:  monstrosity  something hideous or frightful; "they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity"
  subtype:  equipment_failure__breakdown  a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power failure"
     subtype:  brake_failure  brakes fail to stop a vehicle
     subtype:  engine_failure  engine does not run
     subtype:  misfire  an explosion that fails to occur
     subtype:  outage  a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers); "there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m."
     subtype:  power_outage__poweroutage__power_failure__powerfailure  equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage"
        subtype:  blackout.power_outage  the failure of electric power for a general region
     subtype:  fault.equipment_failure  (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"

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