Fail and Killed

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Fail verb - To stop functioning.

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Killed is an antonym for fail.

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

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Fail is an antonym for killed in destroy topic.

Nearby Words: kill, killing, killer

Mind you, it might get you killed and fail, but it's always there.

Source: Video Game / Spec Ops: The Line
Either you'll fail to connect enough hits to count as an Excellent before everything is killed, you'll fail to rebound the spinning Luigi, or the spinning Luigi will go through a gap in the Wall.

Source: That One Achievement
The most prominent example is Hibiki who is killed by Honoka (and she too is killed by getting gunned down) when you fail to remove the Silent from Honoka that prevents her from going crazy.

Source: Anyone Can Die / Video Games

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