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How to pronounce dead in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms deadened
Derivation deadness


his gums were dead from the novocain.
she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth.
Type Words
Synonyms numb
Derivation deadness


passersby were dead to our plea for help.
Type Words
Synonyms all in, beat, bushed


I'm dead after that long trip.
Type Words
Synonyms drained
Derivation deadness


a dead battery.
Type Words
Synonyms stagnant
Derivation deadness


dead air.
dead water.
Type Words
Synonyms abruptly, short, suddenly
Type Words
Synonyms absolutely, perfectly, utterly


you can be dead sure of my innocence.
was dead tired.
dead right.
Type Words
Synonyms idle


dead capital.
Type Words
Type of time


the dead of winter.
Type Words


this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here.
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dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs.
the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio.
Type Words
Derivation deadness


a dead tennis ball.
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a dead issue.
Type Words
Derivation deadness


the nerve is dead.
a dead pallor.
he was marked as a dead man by the assassin.
Type Words
Derivation deadness


Mars is a dead planet.
dead soil.
dead coals.
the fire is dead.
Type Words
Derivation deadness


Latin is a dead language.
Type Words
Derivation deadness


a dead telephone line.
the motor is dead.
Type Words
Type of people
Has types slain


they buried the dead.
Type Words
Derivation deadness


Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range.
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came to a dead stop.
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a dead shot.
took dead aim.

Examples of dead

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With his case on appeal, he was found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971 at age 27.
From the thenewstribune.com
A 23-year-old man was found dead Sunday afternoon at a youth camp in Longbranch.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Hartford Courant reports the baby was pronounced dead at a hospital Tuesday.
From the bostonherald.com
Luckily for Nebraska, his bill is indefinitely postponed and appears to be dead.
From the omaha.com
It was the latest in a growing wave of unrest that has left several people dead.
From the washingtontimes.com
Lish was stabbed more than 20 times, Gibbons said, and was dead before the fire.
From the stltoday.com
The bar is located in the city of Cerignola, where Schepp was found dead Feb. 3.
From the stltoday.com
Playing dead on a TV show makes it hard to return to the living in another part.
From the online.wsj.com
More than 6,900 people are confirmed dead so far and another 10,700 are missing.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • People who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"
  • Abruptly: quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"
  • 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 time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"
  • Absolutely: 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"
  • 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"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"
  • Dead is a live album by American death metal band Obituary. The title is a comical reference to its being a "live" album.
  • Diethyl azodicarboxylate, often abbreviated DEAD, is the organic compound CH3CH2O2CN=NCO2CH2CH3. As indicated with this formula, the molecule consists of a central azo functional group, RN=NR, flanked by two ethyl ester groups. This red orange liquid is a valuable reagent but also quite dangerous.
  • Per Yngve Ohlin (16 January 1969 u2013 8 April 1991), better known by his stage name Dead, was a Swedish black/death metal vocalist and lyricist best known for his work with Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. He also performed as vocalist of the Swedish death metal band Morbid on their demo December Moon.