Break up and Fail

Break up

Break up verb - To cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization.

Fail and break up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fail" instead a verb "Break up".

Fail

Fail verb - To stop functioning.

Break up and fail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break up" instead a verb "Fail".

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

Both terms in one sentence

  • Tycho and Gabe briefly break up and try to do their own comic strips, but both fail miserably.
  • Parodied in Gaia Online's Famestar Hero RIG: the fail scenario in the Pascal route has the band break up over a girl... that looks like◊ Yoko Littner.
    Source: Yoko Oh No
  • Downer Ending: If you fail the Press X to Not Die sequence at the end, Ben and Norah break up and their helicopter pilot becomes infected with the same mushroom that made the wildlife aggressive.
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