Bend
Bend verb - To cause to turn away from a straight line.
Die
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Viking pilots must be able to bend quickly or the machine will crush them during the air to ground transformation sequence, and most pilots die because of this during their first battle.
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The world is dominated by a faceless, all-seeing and all-knowing entity that will find you and Mind Rape you and bend you to its will, that will never die, and can bend reality as it wishes; the protagonist on the other hand is just an ordinary man and a meaningless speck.
- The "must scream" part ties into those non-famous citizens: they're permanently trapped in Rock 'n Roll Heaven, unable to age or die, forced to do menial labor all day and attend rock 'n roll concerts every night—concerts that bend time to last for over a year.
Source: And I Must Scream / Literature
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