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founderedverbpast tense of founder to be unsuccessfulthe theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up bombed, collapsed, cratered, failed, flamed out, flopped, flunked, folded, missed, struck out, tanked, washed out floundered, struggleddeclined, sank(or sunk), skidded, slipped, slumped, wanedcrashed, crumbled, miscarried, misfiredwent underimploded, self-destructed came a cropper, came to grief, came up empty, died on the vine, fell flat, fell on one's face, fell short, laid an egg came off, clicked, delivered, panned out, succeeded, went, went over, worked out cooked, flourished, prospered, thrived(or throve)prevailed, triumphed, won to fall down or in as a result of physical pressurethe twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered buckled, caved (in), collapsed, crumpled, gave, imploded, tumbled, went, went out, yielded deflated, flattened, melted, melted downbroke, broke down, conked (out), crashed, died, failed, gave out, stalledburst(also bursted), shattered, smashed, splintered, splitcracked, crumbled, popped, snapped gave way inflated, rose, swelled |