dead
Adjective
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tells us about:similar to:
- asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone - dead
- assassinated - murdered by surprise attack for political reasons
- bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous - destitute of blood or apparently so
- brain dead - having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram
- breathless, inanimate, pulseless - appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
- cold - lacking the warmth of life
- d.o.a. - abbreviation for `dead on arrival' at the emergency room
- deathlike, deathly - having the physical appearance of death
- defunct - having ceased to exist or live
- doomed - marked for certain death
- executed - put to death as punishment
- fallen - killed in battle
- late - having died recently
- exanimate, lifeless - deprived of life; no longer living
- murdered - killed unlawfully
- nonviable - not capable of living or developing successfully
- slain - killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in
- stillborn - (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn
- stone-dead - as lifeless as a stone
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also: extinct - (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactivesimilar to:
- extinct, out - being out or having grown cold
- lifeless - not having the capacity to support life
- out of play - (of a ball) not available to be played during a game
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domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsimilar to: tired - depleted of strength or energy
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similar to: precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited
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similar to: extinct - (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
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similar to: insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitivesame as: numb
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similar to: insensitive - not responsive to physical stimulisame as: deadened
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similar to: nonresonant, unreverberant - not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate
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similar to: unprofitable - producing little or no profit or gainsame as: idle
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similar to: standing - (of fluids) not moving or flowingsame as: stagnant
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similar to: inelastic - not elastic
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similar to: inoperative - not working or taking effect
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similar to: noncurrent - not current or belonging to the present time
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similar to: complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step
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similar to: uncharged - of a particle or body or system; having no chargesame as: drained
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similar to: inactive - lacking activity; lying idle or unused
Noun
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is a type of: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectivelysubtypes: slain - people who have been slain (as in battle)member holonym: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed - someone who is no longer alive
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is a type of: time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
Adverb
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