Answer: died

AnswerCrossword Clue
DIEDBombed, theatrically
DIEDExpired
DIEDWent over like a lead balloon
diedto cease to live
diedto lose force; fade
diedDIE, to cut with a material shaping device
diedto cease to function
DIEDBroke down
DIEDWord on a gravestone
DIEDWent pffft!
DIEDDidn't make it
DIEDDiminished (with "down")
DIEDLaid an egg at The Improv
DIEDSubsided (with "down")
DIED"I literally ...!" (embarrassed teen's hyperbole)
DIEDSputtered and stopped
DIED"(I Just) ... in Your Arms Tonight"
DIEDMorbid Alice in Chains song
DIED"They ... With Their Boots On" (1941)
DIEDLost power, as an engine
DIEDFizzled
DIEDCeased.
DIEDLanguished.
DIEDWas left on base
DIEDFaded out
DIEDDisappeared
DIEDBecame extinct
DIED... away (faded out)
DIED"She should have ... hereafter": Macbeth
DIEDPerished
DIEDWent on the fritz
DIEDLost vitality
DIEDDidn't get a single laugh
DIEDBurned out
DIEDWent pffft
DIEDStopped working, as an engine
DIEDTombstone word
DIEDWas mortified, hyperbolically
DIEDWas overcome with embarrassment, in slang
DIEDWas incredibly embarrassed, in slang