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No longer living; deceased.

Devoid of living things; barren.

(hyperbolic) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.

(of another person) So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored{{,}} or ostracized.

Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead (literally or as a hyperbole).

Without emotion; impassive.

Stationary; static; immobile or immovable.

Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.

Unproductive; fallow.

Past, bygone, vanished.

(of a place) Lacking usual activity; unexpectedly quiet or empty of people.

(of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live.

(of a battery) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.

Broken or inoperable.

No longer used or required.

(engineering) Intentionally designed so as not to impart motion or power.

(sports) Not in play.

(golf, of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.

(baseball, slang, 1800s) Tagged out.

Full and complete (usually applied to nouns involving lack of motion, sound, activity, or other signs of life).

Exact; on the dot.

Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).

(text messaging or Internet slang) Expresses an emotional reaction associated with hyperbolic senses of die.

📑 Synonyms: RIP

(hyperbolic) Dying of laughter.

(Expresses shock, second-hand embarrassment, etc.)

(acoustics) Constructed so as not to reflect or transmit sound; soundless; anechoic.

(obsolete) Bringing death; deadly.

(law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.

(rare, especially religion) Indifferent to; having no obligation toward; no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).

(linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: ending abruptly.

(degree, informal, colloquial) Exactly.

(degree, informal, colloquial) Very, absolutely, extremely.

Suddenly and completely.

(informal) As if dead.

Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.

Those who have died: dead people.

📑 Synonyms: deceased departed

(UK) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.

(bodybuilding, colloquial) Deadlift.

To prevent by disabling; to stop.

To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.

(UK, US, slang) To kill.

(African-American Vernacular, slang, by extension) To discontinue or put an end to (something).

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