Fallen and Prone

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Fallen adjective - No longer living.

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Prone and fallen are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prone" instead an adjective "Fallen".

Nearby Words: fall, falling

Prone adjective - Having a tendency to be or act in a certain way.

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Fallen and prone are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fallen" instead an adjective "Prone".

Dwarf Fortress dwarves are quite prone to this, whether it's looting socks off fallen comrades on a battlefield that's still raging, or digging too much of that shiny cyan stuff.

Source: Death by Materialism
To Kallor from Malazan Book of the Fallen loyalty to people who are, by his own estimation, unworthy of it are prone to get him mad in no time.

Source: Berserk Button / Literature
In Malazan Book of the Fallen High King Kallor is arrogant, prone to overestepping his bounds, and very touchy about insults to his person.

Source: Pride aka: Hubris

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