Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Put to
Both terms in one sentence
- One of the reasons they're so tough is their tradition of "erasing the weak," meaning those who fail in a mission are swiftly put to death by one of the others.
Source: You Have Failed Me - As slaves, they were commanded; as slaves, did they fail to comply, they would be put to death.
Source: Literature / Gor - The matter is put to the people of Argos, and in an off-stage deliberation they decide to protect the suppliants.Prayers to Zeus to sink the Egyptians on their way fail totally, and a herald is dispatched to demand that Pelasgus hand over the Danaids.
Source: Theatre / The Suppliants
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