Synonyms and related words :
bereavement, bomb, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, bust, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave, cave-in, collapse, cost, crack-up, crash, damage, dead loss, debacle, debit, denial, denudation, deprivation, despoilment, destruction, detriment, disaster, dispossession, divestment, dull thud, expense, fizzle, flat failure, flop, floperoo, forfeit, forfeiture, frost, injury, lemon, loser, losing, losing streak, loss, perdition, privation, robbery, ruin, sacrifice, shipwreck, smash, smashup, spoliation, stripping, taking away, turkey, washout, wrack, wreck