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founder, v.
(foundered, foundering, founders)
more info stumble and nearly fall
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founder

sample sentences

"the horses foundered"

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hypernym
stumble, trip
more info break down, literally or metaphorically
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break cave in collapse fall in founder give give way

sample sentences

"The wall collapsed"
"The business collapsed"
"The dam broke"
"The roof collapsed"
"The wall gave in"
"The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
collapse collapse
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
cave in
semantic pointers
hypernym
change
hyponym
implode, go off buckle, crumple flop break slump, sink, slide down
verb group
abandon, give up collapse, burst
more info sink below the surface
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founder

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derivationally related form
foundering
semantic pointers
hypernym
go down, settle, sink, go under
more info fail utterly; collapse
<verb.social>

fall flat fall through flop founder

sample sentences

"The project foundered"

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derivationally related form
flop
semantic pointers
hypernym
fail, go wrong, miscarry