dead

/diːd/ · noun

Meaning

(with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who have died.
(often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
(usually plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
To prevent by disabling; stop.
To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
To kill.
No longer living.
Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
(of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole).
Without emotion.
Stationary; static.
(degree) Exactly.
(degree) Very, absolutely, extremely.
Suddenly and completely.
As if dead.

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