Returned
Subverted
Returned and subverted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Returned" instead a verb "Subverted".
Nearby Words: subversion, subverting
Both words in one sentence
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Subverted, though, in that both of them barely survived and later returned in One-Winged Angel forms, which returned yet again after they were defeated the second time.
Source: Beware The Nice Ones / Anime - Joyfully subverted in Good Night Opus where the story ends with Opus returned home after his fantasy journey and telling about it to his Granny.
Source: Growing Up Sucks -
Subverted in Bargaining, Part II when a traumatised Buffy starts kicking demon ass, causing her friends who are worried that she Came Back Wrong to think the old Buffy has returned.
Source: He's Back aka: Shes Back
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