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fall dead

verb as in drop dead

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In addition, innocent bystanders often fall dead at military checkpoints or during government attacks on the cartels.

Did they just fall dead under the cafeteria table, swept up with the dropped spaghetti?

She thought that when her eyes rested on the face that had been all the world to her, she would fall dead at his feet.

At the same time one of the deer was seen to spring upward and fall dead in its tracks.

A ball is said to “fall dead” when it pitches with hardly any run.

One man dashed forward to his task in the open, only to fall dead.

Dance in one corner, cry in another, sing in another, and fall dead in the fourth.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fall dead, such as: buy the farm, croak, die suddenly, die unexpectedly, kick the bucket, and pop off.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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