Ausfall — meaning in English
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English meaning
- casualty noun An unlucky event that occurs unexpectedly, such as an accident or disaster.
- diatribe noun A harsh, angry speech or piece of writing that strongly criticises someone or something.
- failure noun The state of not achieving a desired or intended result.
- lunge noun A sudden forward movement, such as an attack with a sword or an attempt to grab something.
- outage noun A period during which a service, especially electricity, is not working.
- sally noun A sudden dash out from a defended position to attack, or a similar sudden burst of activity.
Senses
Ausfall is used for these senses in English:
- casualty (military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).
- diatribe An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation.
- failure State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
- failure Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
- lunge A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
- outage A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply.
- sally A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
- sally A sudden rushing forth.
casualty — full definition
- noun An unlucky event that occurs unexpectedly, such as an accident or disaster.
- noun A person who has been hurt or killed in an accident or through violence.
- noun A person who has died, rather than just been injured, in an accident or through violence; a fatality.
- noun A member of the armed forces who becomes unable to serve, for reasons such as death, injury, illness, being captured or deserting.
diatribe — full definition
- noun A harsh, angry speech or piece of writing that strongly criticises someone or something.
- noun A very long speech or piece of writing that goes on for a while.
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