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"his gums were dead from the novocain" "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"adjectivedevoid of physical sensation; numb
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"passersby were dead to our plea for help"adjective(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
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"I'm dead after that long trip"adjectivevery tired
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"a dead battery"adjectivedrained of electric charge; discharged
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"dead air" "dead water"adjectivenot circulating or flowing
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adverbquickly and without warning
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"you can be dead sure of my innocence" "was dead tired" "dead right"adverbcompletely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
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"dead capital"adjectivenot yielding a return
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"the dead of winter"nouna time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intensetype of:
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"this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"adjectivedevoid of activity
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"dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs" "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"adjectivelacking acoustic resonance
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"a dead tennis ball"adjectivelacking resilience or bounce
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"a dead issue"adjectiveno longer having force or relevance
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"the nerve is dead" "a dead pallor" "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"adjectiveno longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
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"Mars is a dead planet" "dead soil" "dead coals" "the fire is dead"adjectivenot showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
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"Latin is a dead language"adjectivenot surviving in active use
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"a dead telephone line" "the motor is dead"adjectiveout of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
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"they buried the dead"nounpeople who are no longer livingOpposite:type of:
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"Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"adjectivephysically inactive
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"came to a dead stop"adjectivethe complete stoppage of an action
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"a dead shot" "took dead aim"adjectiveunerringly accurate
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- dull deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- deceased dead
- mute deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- departed dead
- damp deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- muffle deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- dampen deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- baneful deadly or sinister