Ruin
Subverted
Ruin and subverted are semantically related in rebel topic. Sometimes you can use "Ruin" instead a verb "Subverted".
Nearby Words: subversion, subverting
Both words in one sentence
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Subverted in that it can't defeat you, but it could ruin your vitality score and deny you the extra life you'd normally get for finishing the level with full health.
- Subverted by GAME_OVER, in which several unspoken plans collide to ruin everything.
Source: Unspoken Plan Guarantee -
Subverted in a Japanese folktale: a monk meets in a ruin a wicked, cannibalistic hag who's crying because she can't reach Nirvana (being a cannibalistic hag and all).
Source: Talking the Monster to Death
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