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dead Definition
(a)
no
longer
having
or
seeming
to
have
or
expecting
to
have
life
; "
the
nerve
is
dead
"; "
a
dead
pallor
"; "
he
was
marked
as
a
dead
man
by
the
assassin
"
(a)
not
showing
characteristics
of
life
especially
the
capacity
to
sustain
life
;
no
longer
exerting
force
or
having
energy
or
heat
; "
Mars
is
a
dead
planet
"; "
a
dead
battery
"; "
dead
soil
"; "
dead
coals
"; "
the
fire
is
dead
"
(a)
not
endowed
with
life
; "
the
inorganic
world
is
inanimate
"; "
inanimate
objects
"; "
dead
stones
"
(n)
people
who
are
no
longer
living
; "
they
buried
the
dead
"
(n)
a
time
when
coldness
(
or
some
other
quality
associated
with
death
)
is
intense
; "
the
dead
of
winter
"
(r)
quickly
and
without
warning
; "
he
stopped
suddenly
"
(r)
completely
and
without
qualification
;
used
informally
as
intensifiers
; "
an
absolutely
magnificent
painting
"; "
a
perfectly
idiotic
idea
"; "
you
''
re
perfectly
right
"; "
utterly
miserable
"; "
you
can
be
dead
sure
of
my
innocence
"; "
was
dead
tired
"; "
dead
right
"
(s)
unerringly
accurate
; "
a
dead
shot
"; "
took
dead
aim
"
(s)
physically
inactive
; "
Crater
Lake
is
in
the
crater
of
a
dead
volcano
of
the
Cascade
Range
"
(s)
devoid
of
physical
sensation
;
numb
; "
his
gums
were
dead
from
the
novocain
"; "
she
felt
no
discomfort
as
the
dentist
drilled
her
deadened
tooth
"; "
a
public
desensitized
by
continuous
television
coverage
of
atrocities
"
(s)
lacking
acoustic
resonance
; "
dead
sounds
characteristic
of
some
compact
discs
"; "
the
dead
wall
surfaces
of
a
recording
studio
"
(s)
not
yielding
a
return
; "
dead
capital
"; "
idle
funds
"
(s)
out
of
use
or
operation
because
of
a
fault
or
breakdown
; "
a
dead
telephone
line
"; "
the
motor
is
dead
"
(s)
not
surviving
in
active
use
; "
Latin
is
a
dead
language
"
(s)
lacking
resilience
or
bounce
; "
a
dead
tennis
ball
"
(s)
no
longer
in
force
or
use
;
inactive
; "
a
defunct
(
or
dead
)
law
"; "
a
defunct
organization
"
(s)
no
longer
having
force
or
relevance
; "
a
dead
issue
"
(s)
drained
of
electric
charge
;
discharged
; "
a
dead
battery
"; "
left
the
lights
on
and
came
back
to
find
the
battery
drained
"
(s)
lacking
animation
or
excitement
or
activity
; "
the
party
being
dead
we
left
early
"; "
it
was
a
lifeless
party
until
she
arrived
"
(s)
devoid
of
activity
; "
this
is
a
dead
town
;
nothing
ever
happens
here
"
dead Synonyms
abruptly
absolutely
dead
deadened
defunct
drained
idle
inanimate
lifeless
nonliving
perfectly
short
suddenly
utterly
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