| VERB | change | go bad, fail, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down | stop operating or functioning |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | go bad, spoil | become unfit for consumption or use |
| Meaning | stop operating or functioning. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | fail, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down | |
| Narrower | blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable |
| crash, go down | stop operating | |
| malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly | |
| misfire | fail to fire or detonate | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | break | Render inoperable or ineffective |
| 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 | Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life | |
| Spanish | averiarse, estropearse, fallar, morir, pararse, perecer, romper | |
| Catalan | avariar-se, espatllar-se, fallar, parar-se | |
| Meaning | Become unfit for consumption or use. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | spoil | |
| Narrower | addle | Become rotten |
| curdle | go bad or sour | |
| Broader | decay | Undergo decay or decomposition |
| Spanish | estropearse | |
| Catalan | fer-se malbé | |
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