#change.happening__alteration__modification an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another: "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"
supertype: #happening__occurrence__natural_event__naturalevent an event that happens
subtype: #sublimation (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable
subtype: #surprise a sudden unexpected event
subtype: #thunderbolt__bombshell__thunderclap a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell"
subtype: #coup_de_theatre.surprise__coupdetheatre a dramatic surprise
subtype: #eye_opener__eyeopener something surprising and revealing
subtype: #shock.surprise__blow an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"
subtype: #blip a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption; "the market had one bad blip today"; "you can't react to the day-to-day blips"; "renewed jitters in the wake of a blip in retail sales"
subtype: #stunner an unexpected and amazing event: "the stunner was what happened on Saturday"
subtype: #birth__nativity__nascency__nascence the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
subtype: #delivery the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery"
subtype: #live_birth the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation)
subtype: #blessed_event__blessedevent__happy_event__happyevent (informal) the live birth of a child
subtype: #posthumous_birth birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother
subtype: #posthumous_birth.birth__posthumousbirth birth of a child after the father has died
subtype: #reincarnation__rebirth a second or new birth
subtype: #transmigration the passing of a soul into another body after death
subtype: #breakup__separation__detachment coming apart
subtype: #severance__rupture__breach__break__rift__falling_out__fallingout a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
subtype: #break.breakup the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
subtype: #variation.change__fluctuation an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
subtype: #vicissitude.variation a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something; "the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research"
subtype: #allomerism (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form
subtype: #departure__deviation__divergence__difference a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
subtype: #discrepancy__variant an event that departs from expectations
subtype: #driftage the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting
subtype: #flection__inflection deviation from a straight or normal course
subtype: #substitution.variation__permutation__transposition__replacement__switch an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
subtype: #business_cycle__trade_cycle__tradecycle recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline
subtype: #daily_variation fluctuations that occur between one day and the next
subtype: #diurnal_variation__diurnalvariation fluctuations that occur during each day
subtype: #tide.variation something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest"
subtype: #decease__death the event of dying or departure from life: "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
subtype: #Crucifixion the death of Jesus on the cross
subtype: #human_death__humandeath__fatality a death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities"
subtype: #violent_death__violentdeath__killing an event that causes someone to die
subtype: #fatal_accident__fatalaccident__casualty an accident that causes someone to die
subtype: #martyrdom death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
subtype: #megadeath the death of a million people; "they calibrate the effects of atom bombs in megadeaths"
subtype: #expiration__passing__loss__departure__exit__going__release euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
subtype: #lessening__decrease__drop-off a change downward; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
subtype: #shrinking.lessening__shrinkage process or result of becoming less or smaller: "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
subtype: #compression.shrinking__condensation__contraction the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together: "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
subtype: #casualty a decrease of military personnel or equipment
subtype: #equipment_casualty__equipmentcasualty__damage loss of military equipment
subtype: #battle_damage__combat_casualty loss of military equipment in battle
subtype: #operational_damage__operationaldamage__operational_casualty__operationalcasualty loss of military equipment in field operations
subtype: #personnel_casualty__personnelcasualty__loss military personnel lost by death or capture
subtype: #combat_injury__wound__injury a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
subtype: #blighty_wound__blightywound a wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad
subtype: #flesh_wound a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones
subtype: #sacrifice.personnel_casualty personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
subtype: #sinking.lessening a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength); "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs"
subtype: #attrition.lessening a wearing down to weaken or destroy; "a war of attrition"
subtype: #dwindling_away__dwindlingaway__dwindling a becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"
subtype: #fading_away gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength
subtype: #waning a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon"
subtype: #increase a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month"
subtype: #augmentation.increase the amount by which something increases
subtype: #concentration.increase increase in density
subtype: #densification__compaction__compression__concretion an increase in the density of something
subtype: #rarefaction a decrease in the density of something; "a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium"
subtype: #jump.increase__leap a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
subtype: #quantum_leap__quantumleap__quantum_jump__quantumjump a sudden large increase or advance; "this may not insure success but it will represent a quantum leap from last summer"
subtype: #waxing.increase a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of the moon"
subtype: #easing__moderation__relief a change for the better
subtype: #disembarrassment something that extricates you from embarrassment
subtype: #breath_of_fresh_air a welcome relief; "the new management was like a breath of fresh air"
subtype: #deformation alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it
subtype: #shear (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"
subtype: #strain (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
subtype: #overstrain too much strain
subtype: #transition a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another
subtype: #ground_swell an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression; "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment"
subtype: #leap.transition__jump__saltation an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
subtype: #quantum_jump__quantumjump (physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum
subtype: #transformation.change__transmutation__shift a qualitative change
subtype: #improvement.transformation__betterment__advance a change for the better; progress in development
subtype: #revival__resurgence__revitalization__revitalisation__revivification the coming again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture"
subtype: #rebirth__Renaissance__renascence the revival of learning and culture
subtype: #regeneration the activity of spiritual or physical renewal
subtype: #resurrection revival from inactivity and disuse; "it produced a resurrection of hope"
subtype: #resuscitation act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
subtype: #cardiopulmonary_resuscitation__cardiopulmonaryresuscitation__CPR__cardiac_resuscitation__cardiacresuscitation__mouth-to-mouth_resuscitation__kiss_of_life an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
subtype: #refinement__elaboration the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique"
subtype: #adjustment__accommodation__fitting making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
subtype: #preservation__conservation an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
subtype: #recovery return to an original state; "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid"
subtype: #population_shift a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population
subtype: #pyrolysis__pyrolysi transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat
subtype: #sea_change__seachange a profound transformation
subtype: #sublimation.transformation (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid
subtype: #tin_pest__tinpest__tindisease__tin_plague__tinplague the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery gray tin a very cold temperatures
subtype: #changeover__conversion__transition an event that results in a transformation
subtype: #mutation the event consisting of a change in genetic structure
subtype: #point_mutation__pointmutation__gene_mutation a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
subtype: #saltation a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
subtype: #retrogression__degeneration passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
subtype: #abiotrophy a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury
subtype: #cataplasia (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form
subtype: #strengthening.transformation becoming stronger
subtype: #weakening.transformation becoming weaker
subtype: #debilitation__enervation__enfeeblement__exhaustion serious weakening and loss of energy
subtype: #withering__atrophy any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
subtype: #fading__attenuation weakening in force or intensity: "attenuation in the volume of the sound"
subtype: #downfall__fall a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
subtype: #anticlimax a disappointing decline after ad previous rise: "the anticlimax of a brilliant career"
subtype: #slackening__relaxation__loosening an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements": "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"
subtype: #twinkle__sparkling a rapid change in brightness
subtype: #shimmer__play a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water"
subtype: #damage__harm__impairment the occurrence of a change for the worse
subtype: #detriment__hurt a damage or loss
subtype: #expense a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of"
subtype: #distortion.damage__deformation a change for the worse
subtype: #warping__warp a moral or mental distortion
subtype: #ravel__ladder a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"
subtype: #development.change a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"
subtype: #turn_of_events__turn__twist an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn"
subtype: #phenomenon.development a remarkable development
subtype: #ramification__complication a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
subtype: #revolution.change a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
subtype: #green_revolution__greenrevolution the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
subtype: #loss_of_consciousness the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond
subtype: #faint__swoon__syncope a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
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