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    No Longer Alive.: "A Dead Body"

    Uploaded by

    James Patterson
    The document defines the word "dead" with two meanings: 1. No longer alive or living. 2. (of a place or time) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement. It provides examples and synonyms for both definitions.

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    dead

    /dɛd/

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    adjective

    1. 1.
    no longer alive.
    "a dead body"
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    deceased

    expired

    departed

    gone

    no more

    passed on

    passed away

    late

    lost

    lamented

    perished

    fallen
    slain

    slaughtered

    killed

    murdered

    lifeless

    not breathing

    having breathed one's last

    defunct

    extinct

    inanimate

    insentient

    insensate

    inert

    (as) dead as a doornail

    six feet under

    pushing up daisies

    under the sod


    with God

    asleep

    at peace

    demised

    exanimate

    Opposite:

    alive

    living

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    2. 2.
    (of a place or time) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement.
    "Brussels isn't dead after dark, if you know where to look"
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    uneventful
    uninteresting

    unexciting

    uninspiring

    dull

    boring

    flat

    quiet

    sleepy

    slow

    stale

    humdrum

    tame

    pedestrian

    lacklustre

    lifeless

    tedious
    tiresome

    wearisome

    backward

    backwoods

    behind the times

    one-horse

    dead-and-alive

    dullsville

    Opposite:

    lively

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    adverb

    1. absolutely; completely.
    "you're dead right"
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    completely
    absolutely

    totally

    utterly

    deadly

    perfectly

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