Synonym: deceased, dreary, dull, flat, gone, inactive, lifeless. Antonym: alive, living. Similar words: deadly, deadline, deal, idea, death, dealer, deal out, deal in. Meaning: [ded] n. 1. people who are no longer living 2. a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense. adj. 1. no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life 2. not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat 3. very tired 4. unerringly accurate 5. physically inactive 6. total 7. not endowed with life 8. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive 9. devoid of physical sensation; numb 10. lacking acoustic resonance 11. not yielding a return 12. not circulating or flowing 13. out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown 14. not surviving in active use 15. lacking resilience or bounce 16. no longer in force or use; inactive 17. no longer having force or relevance 18. sudden and complete 19. drained of electric charge; discharged 20. lacking animation or excitement or activity 21. devoid of activity. adv. 1. quickly and without warning 2. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers.
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121. The electricians have performed wonders in recording these long dead voices from old wax onto modern plastic surfaces.
122. Yesterday's meeting was a dead loss - nothing was decided.
123. I don't want to be left for dead in some stinking alley.
124. No one does anything about it and the law becomes a dead letter.
125. Father Stephen Lea administered the last rites to the dead men.
126. There are all sorts of rumors in the air that dozens of people were dead in the fire.
127. The management decided to economize by cutting the dead wood from the workforce,thus reducing the wages bill.
128. He knocked the tiger about fiercely until it lay dead.
129. In ten years he'll be dead and buried as a politician.
130. The president has sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of the dead soldiers.
131. They made their way to a graveyard to pay their traditional respects to the dead.
132. Paul's father only saw him as a substitute for his dead brother.
133. Almost all Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead.
134. She blenched at the thought of picking up the dead animal.
135. She tried to saw off a dead branch from a tree.
136. I keep dialing[Sentencedict], but the line seems dead.
137. I immediately fell into a dead sleep.
138. He just dropped dead one day in his garden.
139. They'll demolish this house over my dead body.
140. The hunter shot the stag dead.
141. She will revenge her dead sisters.
142. There were some dead fish hanging on the lake.
143. He shuddered when he saw the dead animal.
144. If Mum finds out about this, I'm dead.
145. The negotiations have reached a dead end.
146. The river is eight miles away dead ahead.
147. Three children were among the dead.
148. The drains are bunged up with dead leaves.
149. Their nephew was missing, presumed dead.
150. Two alleged collaborators were shot dead by masked activists.
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