fail (v)
go bad#1 (v)
give way (v)
die#4 (v)
give out (v)
conk out (v)
go#3 (v)
break#5 (v)
break down (v)

v00434374

type v
lex_filenum 30
def stop operating or functioning
examples The engine finally went
The car died on the road
The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
The coffee maker broke
The engine failed on the way to town
her eyesight went after the accident
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Outgoing links
Verb Group die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it; break
Hypernym change
Derivationally related form break down → breakdown
Derivationally related form break → breakable
Derivationally related form fail → failure
Hyponym crash, go down; blow out, burn out, blow; misfire; malfunction, misfunction
Incoming links
Derivationally related form breakable → break
Derivationally related form breakdown → break down
Derivationally related form failure → fail
Hyponym change
Verb Group break; die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
Hypernym crash, go down; blow out, burn out, blow; misfire; malfunction, misfunction

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