Fail and Suffer

Fail

Fail verb - To stop functioning.

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Suffer and fail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suffer" instead a verb "Fail".

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

Suffer verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.

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Fail and suffer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fail" instead a verb "Suffer".

Nearby Words: suffering, sufferance, sufferer

attack	fail attack	suffer attack
thanks	fail thanks	suffer thanks
series	fail series	suffer series
case	fail case	suffer case
Other words: time, way, battle, times.

Characters suffer/fail in their mission and/or get killed, the world just got worse... (Except probably Wendy in the sequel, which is more or less aBittersweetEnding).

Source: Downer Ending / Video Games
Nostromo: The corruption of the material world and how even the most noble individuals will suffer and fail on account of it.

Source: Central Theme / Literature
It's called being "unbound" and essentially makes the guy impervious to the manipulations of the Fate Witches: His strands can't be seen, and a strega attempting to attach a thread to him will always fail and suffer a backlash.

Source: Tabletop Game / 7th Sea

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