Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Mushroom
Mushroom verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Both words in one sentence
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In Command & Conquer: Red Alert, if you fail to stop the Nuclear Missile from reaching its target, you're treated to a shot of the Effiel Tower as a giant mushroom cloud and screams engulf it.
Source: It's a Wonderful Failure -
Mushroom Cloud: Peach cloud actually, happens when Momoko's fusions fail.
Source: Light Novel / Momo Kyun Sword - The Mushroom Kingdom guards have grown extremely competent at protecting Peach due to thwarting numerous kidnapping attempts, but we never see this since Nintendo thinks the most interesting stories are the ones where they fail.
Source: WMG / Super Mario Bros.
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Mushroom and Fail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/mushroom
Fail & Mushroom. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/mushroom>.
Mushroom or Fail. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/mushroom.
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