meet+with+disaster
51fail — verb 1) the enterprise had failed Syn: be unsuccessful, not succeed, fall through, fall flat, collapse, founder, backfire, meet with disaster, come to nothing, come to naught; informal flop, bomb Ant: succeed 2) …
52founder — I noun the founder of modern physics Syn: originator, creator, (founding) father, prime mover, architect, engineer, designer, developer, pioneer, author, planner, inventor, mastermind; literary begetter II verb 1) the ship foundered …
53fail — v 1. go wrong, abort, miscarry, not succeed, be defeated, be frustrated; flounder, falter, slip, trip, stumble, blunder; shipwreck, run aground, come to grief, meet with disaster, Inf. come a cropper; miss the mark, miss the boat, Sl. blow it, Sl …
54flounder — v 1. struggle, wallow, welter, flop; stagger, stumble, tumble, tumble about, toss about, plunge around, thrash. 2. blunder, bungle, muddle; fail, come to grief, meet with disaster, take a bad turn, collapse, Inf. come a cropper. 3. hesitate,… …
55founder — I n builder, organizer, establisher, institutor; inventor, discoverer, framer, maker, designer, architect; creator, author, originator, generator, initiator, prime mover, father; producer, artist, craftsman. II v 1. sink, go down, go to Davy… …
56miscarry — v fail, go wrong, abort, be unsuccessful; flounder, slip, stumble, blunder; shipwreck, run aground, come to grief, meet with disaster; miss the mark, miss the boat, fall short of, fall through, fall flat, come to nothing, fizzle; be defected,… …
57founder — I noun the founder of modern physics Syn: originator, creator, (founding) father, architect, developer, pioneer, author, inventor, mastermind II verb 1) the ship foundered Syn: sink, go to the bottom …
58fail — [v1] be unsuccessful abort, backslide, back wrong horse*, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking*, be in vain*, be ruined, blunder, break down, come to naught, come to nothing, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall flat*, fall short*, fall through* …
59come to grief — Fail badly. Meet with disaster …
60marine insurance — A policy or contract of insurance covering the risk of loss to ship, cargo, or freight from a peril or perils of the sea. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins §§ 1308 et seq. A maritime contract or guaranty, on the part of the insurer, that the ship or goods… …
