Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Foiled
Foiled adjective - Disappointingly unsuccessful.
Both words in one sentence
- After Bowser's latest plot is foiled, he would often have an exit (usually a "warp zone potion") that would allow him to duck out just before the heroes can fully defeat him.
Source: Villain Exit Stage Left - In other words, an attack that doesn't actually kill, but did in that particular instance, was foiled by a power that doesn't actually allow one to return from the dead, but did in that particular instance.
Source: Gameplay and Story Segregation
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