Expire and Fail

Expire

Expire verb - To stop living.

Usage example: made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards

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Fail and expire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fail" instead a verb "Expire".

Nearby Words: expiry, expired, expiration, expiring

Fail verb - Stop operating or functioning.

Usage example: The engine failed on the way to town

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

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

power	expire power	fail power
moment	expire moment	fail moment

Again, if you clock out before hitting the "repel" damage threshold, you expire your faint tally, or the Dragonship is destroyed, you fail.

Source: Hold the Line
When they fail to revert after the wizard's accidental death, one of the captives (a defeated rival wizard) explains that, while novice wizards' spells are sustained by their will, the castle's master was capable of crafting self-sustaining curses that'll take years to expire.

Source: No Ontological Inertia

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