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What is another word for cease to function?

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Verb
To stop operating
fail
break
crash
malfunction
stop
collapse
die
stall
bomb
cease
terminate
bust
vitiate
idle
spoil
compromise
damage
pause
endamage
halt
weaken
attenuate
discontinue
degrade
interrupt
yield
act up
be damaged
be defective
be faulty
break down
stop working
give out
give up
give way
go wrong
play up
shut off
be unusable
bite the dust
cease to work
cut short
fall over
go down
develop a fault
go haywire
go kaput
go phut
pack up
seize up
conk out
cut off
cut out
give in
go to pieces
be on the blink
give up the ghost
go on the blink
have had it
flop
stop functioning
go
jam
seize
go out of control
misbehave
come to a halt
give trouble
not work properly
abort
give
fold
tank
founder
flounder
buckle
flatline
flunk
fall
crater
fizzle
crumple
fizzle out
fall flat
fade out
lose power
cave in
run down
come unstuck
go belly-up
fade away
peter out
run aground
flame out
miscarry
fall through
come to grief
come to nothing
meet with disaster
go awry
fall short
go pear-shaped
go up in smoke
backfire
miss
boomerang
misfire
rebound
blunder
slip
recoil
be unsuccessful
come to naught
come a cropper
go amiss
be ruined
be abortive
decline
deteriorate
backslide
miss the mark
be in vain
turn out badly
hit bottom
lose status
play into
lose out
go down swinging
go downhill
back wrong horse
go astray
lose control
miss fire
be demoted
be defeated
gang agley
be found lacking
miss the boat
hit the skids
fail to go off
poop out
not come off
fizz out
be frustrated
meet with failure
go on the rocks
come to a sticky end
go down like a lead balloon
go to the wall
come to a bad end
“The machines high performance can then cause the oil to overheat and cease to function as intended, also resulting in a loss of precision of the machine.”
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