Die and Wish for

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Die verb - To stop living.

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Wish for and die are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wish for" instead a verb "Die".

Nearby Word: died

Wish for verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

Usage example: having her own home was something she had wished for since she was a child

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Die and wish for are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Die" instead a verb "Wish for".

We're not quite sure how this trope is played in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, but Homura's wish for Madoka to not die during Walpurgis Night has a similar effect.

Source: Destination Host Unreachable
He's by far the worst culprit, because when he had a chance to wish for paradise in Lillith's egg, he wished for everyone in the world to die- and it happened.

Source: Ax Crazy / Anime and Manga
In The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect, humanity has spent at least the last six hundred years in a simulated universe where they can not die, and can have anything they wish for.

Source: Lotus-Eater Machine

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