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dead
adjective as in no longer alive
Weak matches
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
Strongest matches
Weak matches
anesthetized, apathetic, callous, deadened, frigid, senseless, spiritless, torpid, unanimated
adjective as in not working
Strongest matches
adjective as in without vitality; boring; dull
Strongest matches
boring, flat, spiritless, unanimated, uninteresting, vapid, wooden
Strong match
adverb as in completely or exactly
Strong matches
Weak matches
direct, directly, entirely, exactly, straightly, undeviatingly, wholly
Example Sentences
Between dead drops and TOR, this meant unlike traditional drug rings, no one actually has to meet face-to-face, shielding the operation from undercovers, turncoats and stool pigeons.
Both parties have been accused of committing war crimes, with the ongoing fighting leaving thousands dead and millions displaced.
"My friends were either in prison or dead and I knew I had to change things," he said.
Brazil's Supreme Court has been evacuated and a man has been found dead after two explosions were heard outside the building on Wednesday evening.
Brown was found dead on a sidewalk in South Los Angeles on Nov. 6, according to the L.A.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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