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dead and gone

ADJECTIVE

extinct

Synonyms

WEAK

abolished archaic asleep bygone cold deceased defunct departed disappeared done for doused ended exanimate exterminated extinguished fallen gone inactive late lifeless lost no longer known outmoded passed on passé snuffed out superseded terminated unknown vanished vanquished void wiped-out

Antonyms

WEAK

alive existing extant living

ADJECTIVE

obsolete

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antiquated archaic out-of-date outmoded

WEAK

anachronistic ancient antediluvian antique bygone dated dead dinosaur discarded disused done for dusty extinct fossil gone had it has-been horse and buggy kaput moldy moth-eaten old old-fashioned old-hat old-school out out-of-fashion outworn passé stale superannuated superseded timeworn unfashionable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

current modern new

WEAK

contemporary in vogue present up-to-date

Example Sentences

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"We like to think of Joe as not being around rather than being dead and gone."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2024

“That’s long dead and gone in my opinion,” Spencer said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021

“When you hear that Ball name, just like you hear the Hiltons and the Rockefellers and all that, when I’m dead and gone, you going to remember that Ball name,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2021

Then again, television has always preserved what’s dead and gone.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2020

Instead, they returned to Ireland when I was four, my brother, Malachy, three, the twins, Oliver and Eugene, barely one, and my sister, Margaret, dead and gone.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

dead and gone

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