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Mechanical Failure

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verb

• make ineffective

• make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

• lose control of one's emotions

• stop operating or functioning

• fall apart

• cause to fall or collapse

• separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

• collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

31%9Mechanical failure
noun

• the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

• a mental or physical breakdown

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

• a cessation of normal operation

• an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

• (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

31%7 Cause of mechanical failure?
noun

• (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

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