Be lost
Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- If you manage to catch up to the train but fail to stop it, you'll be able to buy Ultima (Instead of being given it to you for free), but the Huge Materia will still be lost.
Source: Lost Forever / Role-Playing Game - The Venice campaign in the first game of Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga cannot be lost even if you fail every mission.
Source: Foregone Victory - Most people reading the novel already know the titular ship will be lost and the mission will fail.
Source: Doomed by Canon
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