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ausfallen (v.i)  to fail; be cancelled; drop/fall out, be precipitated (chem.); turn out (well / poorly)

In Frankfurt fielen 46 Flüge aus.
In Frankfurt 46 flights were cancelled.
Ihm fallen die Haare aus.
His hair is falling out.

Related: der Ausfall cancellation, loss, stoppage, absence, failure, breakdown; thrust, lunge (fencing), der Stromausfall power failure

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