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Miscarry

To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

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Broader term 3

Abort 76% connected

To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 17

Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Bodge 76% connected

A botch; a patch.

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Botch 76% connected

A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

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Bumble 76% connected

The bittern.

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Bungle 76% connected

To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Flop 76% connected

To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.

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Fluff 76% connected

Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

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Founder 76% connected

One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

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Fumble 76% connected

To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

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Lose 76% connected

To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…

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Mishandle 76% connected

To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

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Miss 76% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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Muff 76% connected

A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

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Overreach 76% connected

To reach above or beyond in any direction.

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Shipwreck 76% connected

The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the w…

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Spoil 76% connected

To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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Derivationally related 2

Abortion 74% connected

The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriag…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Abortion 74% connected

The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriag…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Fail 92% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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