Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Lives
Both words in one sentence
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If you fail or abort a mission in the first game, it costs you one of your lives, though this also falls under Meaningless Lives since it's easier to get a Game Over by failing the current mission.
Source: Video Game / Rogue Squadron -
Everytime you fail a course, the game permanently increases the number of lives you will start with in it.
Source: Video Game / Ketsui - When those fail, they go to a healer who lives in the woods, who cures the baby with moldy bread.
Source: That Old Time Prescription
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