Break up
Break up verb - Break violently or noisily; smash;.
Crash
Crash verb - Break violently or noisily; smash.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- A Gainax Ending; you get onto a boat and ride off the island...only to see Oceanic 815 break up and crash onto the island, with you waking up on the beach as opposed to the jungle, and your love interest, who was killed shortly before your flight, having been restored to life, albeit bloodied.
Source: The Problem with Licensed Games -
Lifeboats - Kit, Nita, Dairine and Rolan (among others) are called upon for an emergency evacuation of an entire alien race to new planets, because their moon is about to break up and the pieces will crash into the planet, in full-blown Armageddon style.
Source: Literature / Young Wizards
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