| NOUN | event | equipment failure, breakdown | a cessation of normal operation |
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| Meaning | A cessation of normal operation. | |
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| Synonym | breakdown | |
| Narrower | brake failure | brakes fail to stop a vehicle |
| engine failure | engine does not run | |
| fault | (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.) | |
| misfire, dud | An explosion that fails to occur | |
| outage | A temporary suspension of operation (as of computers) | |
| power outage, power failure | equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails | |
| Broader | failure | An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose |
| Spanish | avería del equipo, avería, fallo | |
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