Fail and To burn

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Fail verb - To stop functioning.

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To burn and fail are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To burn" with "Fail", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

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Fail and to burn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fail" instead a verb phrase "To burn".

Never My Fault: Dinatius and the bullies try to burn Merlin's mother, they fail when Merlin attacks them, and the fire consumes them.

Source: Literature / The Lost Years of Merlin
Disproportionate Retribution: When the philosophers fail to teach his son properly, Strepsiades sees fit to burn down the Thinkery.

Source: Theatre / The Clouds
Children are most definitely not immune to the various horrors unleashed by the Grim Dawn, and if you fail to convince a man not to burn his wife and daughter alive to "end their suffering" (and you probably will fail the first time), they will burn onscreen, complete with burnt corpses.

Source: Video Game / Grim Dawn

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