Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Both words in one sentence
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It's strongly implied that should the mononoke-slaying Medicine Peddler protagonist fail at exorcising a mononoke (or conversely, should all mononoke cease to exist), he'd disappear from this world.
Source: Workaholic - It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.Drem, a boy of the Proud Warrior Race Golden People born with a withered right arm, learns that he is expected to fail his Wolf Slaying Rite of Passage and be exiled to the Slave Race Half People.
Source: Literature / Warrior Scarlet
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