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dead
adjective as in no longer alive
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asleep, bereft of life, bloodless, bought the farm, breathless, cadaverous, checked out, cut off, defunct, done for, erased, expired, extinct, gone, gone to meet maker, gone to reward, liquidated, no more, not existing, offed, out of one's misery, passed away, perished, pushing up daisies, reposing, resting in peace
adjective as in physically or emotionally numb; insensitive
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anesthetized, apathetic, callous, deadened, frigid, senseless, spiritless, torpid, unanimated
adjective as in not working
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adjective as in without vitality; boring; dull
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boring, flat, spiritless, unanimated, uninteresting, vapid, wooden
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adverb as in completely or exactly
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direct, directly, entirely, exactly, straightly, undeviatingly, wholly
Example Sentences
An 18-year-old Central Florida student was found dead aboard a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month while vacationing with her family.
Last Thanksgiving, AAA responded to nearly 600,000 emergency roadside assistance calls for issues such as empty fuel tanks, dead batteries, and flat tires.
A woman who was believed to be dead and about to be cremated at the Wat Rat Prakhong Tham Buddhist temple in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, has been found alive by staff.
In exchange, Israel has released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in its custody and returned the bodies of hundreds of dead Palestinians.
They were eventually declared dead after a multi-day search even though their bodies were never found - authorities say the search was hampered by bad weather.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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