Death and Failure

Death

Death noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.

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Failure and death are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Death".

Nearby Words: deathly, deathless

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Death and failure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Death" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

similar	similar death	similar failure
complete	complete death	complete failure
instant	instant death	instant failure
single	single death	single failure
Other adjectives: actual, real, serious, horrible, absolute, potential, dramatic, immediate, possible, final, apparent, temporary, inevitable, subsequent, impending, last, eventual, recent, aforementioned.

The Radio DJ in The Warriors would report on your failure/death in the gang war news, often mocking and patronizing you.

Source: Informal Eulogy
In Live A Live, losing against a normal enemy leads to a short scene of someone reacting to your death and failure.

Source: It's a Wonderful Failure
For the first time, heroes may be forced to entertain the notion of death or failure, and thus make questionable decisions to avoid a worst-case scenario.

Source: Superhero Prevalence Stages

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Failure and Death. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/death/failure

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Failure or Death. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/death/failure.

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