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dead
devoid of activity
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adjective
devoid of activity
“this is a dead town: nothing ever happens here”
adjective
physically inactive
“Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range”
adjective
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
“the nerve is dead”
adjective
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”
adjective
drained of electric charge; discharged
“a dead battery”
adjective
the complete stoppage of an action
“came to a dead stop”
adjective
no longer having force or relevance
“a dead issue”
adjective
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
“a dead telephone line”
adjective
lacking resilience or bounce
“a dead tennis ball”
adjective
not surviving in active use
“Latin is a dead language”
adjective
not circulating or flowing
“dead air”
adjective
unerringly accurate
“a dead shot”
adjective
not yielding a return
“dead capital”
adjective
lacking acoustic resonance
“dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs”
adjective
devoid of physical sensation; numb
“his gums were dead from the novocain”
adjective
(followed by ‘to’) not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
“passersby were dead to our plea for help”
adjective
very tired
“was all in at the end of the day”
adverb
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
“an absolutely magnificent painting”
adverb
quickly and without warning
“he stopped suddenly”
noun
people who are no longer living
“they buried the dead”
noun
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
“the dead of winter”
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Example Sentences
this is a dead town: nothing ever happens here
Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range
the nerve is dead
a dead pallor
he was marked as a dead man by the assassin
Mars is a dead planet
dead soil
dead coals
the fire is dead
a dead battery
left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained
came to a dead stop
a dead issue
a dead telephone line
the motor is dead
a dead tennis ball
Latin is a dead language
dead air
dead water
stagnant water
a dead shot
took dead aim
dead capital
idle funds
dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs
the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio
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
passersby were dead to our plea for help
numb to the cries for mercy
was all in at the end of the day
so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere
bushed after all that exercise
I'm dead after that long trip
an absolutely magnificent painting
a perfectly idiotic idea
you're perfectly right
utterly miserable
you can be dead sure of my innocence
he stopped suddenly
suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side
he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment
he made up his mind suddenly
they buried the dead
the dead of winter
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