Synonyms of the word

miscarry

• v. (obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm.
• v. (now rare) To go astray; to do something wrong.
• v. To have a miscarriage; to abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so.
• v. To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.).
• v. Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient.

abort

• n. (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
• n. (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
• n. (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles…
• n. (computing) The function used to abort a process.
• n. (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.
• v. (intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
• v. (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
• v. (intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
• v. (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or…
• v. (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen;…
• v. (intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior…
• v. (transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or…
• v. (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.

fail

• v. (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
• v. (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually…
• v. (transitive) To neglect.
• v. (intransitive, of a machine, etc.) To cease to operate correctly.
• v. (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
• v. (intransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
• v. (transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose.
• v. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
• v. (archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
• v. (archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
• v. (archaic) To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
• v. (obsolete) To perish; to die; used of a person.
• v. (obsolete) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
• v. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's…
• n. (uncountable, slang) Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
• n. (slang) A failure (condition of being unsuccessful).
• n. (slang, US) A failure (something incapable of success).
• n. A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
• n. A failing grade in an academic examination.
• adj. (slang, US) That is a failure.
• n. A piece of turf cut from grassland.