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dead
n. time when there is no life; dead person or persons
 
adv. totally; suddenly; absolutely; certainly; (Slang) extremely, very (e.g., "Our vacation in the Bahamas was dead good")
 
adj. not living; lacking perception; without any physical sensation to pain; inactive; feeble, subdued; absolute, definite; (Slang) very tired; exhausted; quiet (as in "business is dead today"); that does not yield a return


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Dead
Dead may refer to:That which has undergone death, the full cessation of vital functions, and is no longer livingDead (musician), deceased former vocalist of black metal band MayhemDead- a seminal death-metal band from Tampa, Florida USA"Dead" (Pixies song), a song by the Pixies"Dead", a song by They Might Be Giants from their album Flood"Dead!", a song by My Chemical RomanceDiethyl azodicarboxylate, the chemical diethyl azodicarboxylateDimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, the chemical diethyl acetylenedicarboxylate The Grateful Dead rock band, colloquially name DeadThe Dead (band), a reformation of the Grateful Dead with original membersD.E.A.D., an abbreviation for Drop Everything and Dance, a local band from Northwest Indiana (NWI)
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Diethyl azodicarboxylate
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.
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The Black Parade
The Black Parade is the third studio album by the rock quintet My Chemical Romance, released in October 2006. It is a concept album, and a rock opera centering on a character known as "The Patient", who dies during the course of the CD. The album presents the story of his passage out of life, and his subsequent reflection on his life.
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Dead
Dead 1. destitute of life. 2. anesthetic. dead adj. 1. Having lost life; no longer alive. 2. Lacking feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive. [more]Dead - Community and Resources

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dead
Noun
1. people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"
(antonym) living
(hypernym) people
(hyponym) slain
(member-meronym) dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
2. a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"
(hypernym) time
Adjective
1. 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"
(antonym) alive(p)
(similar) asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone
(attribute) animation, life, living, aliveness
2. 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"; "a dead battery"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"
(antonym) live
(similar) barren
3. very tired; "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"
(synonym) all in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)
(similar) tired
(classification) colloquialism
4. unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"
(similar) precise
5. physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
(similar) extinct, inactive
6. total; "dead silence"; "utter seriousness"
(synonym) dead(a), utter(a)
(similar) absolute
7. not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones"
(synonym) inanimate, nonliving
(similar) nonconscious
(attribute) animateness, aliveness, liveness
8. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
(synonym) dead(p), numb(p)
(similar) insensitive
9. devoid of physical sensation; numb; "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"
(synonym) deadened
(similar) insensitive
10. lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
(similar) unreverberant, nonresonant
11. not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"
(synonym) idle
(similar) unprofitable
12. not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"
(synonym) dead(a), stagnant
(similar) standing(a)
13. out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"
(similar) malfunctioning, nonfunctional
14. not surviving in active use; "Latin is a dead language"
(similar) extinct, nonextant
15. lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball"
(similar) inelastic
16. no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct (or dead) law"; "a defunct organization"
(synonym) defunct
(similar) inoperative
17. no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue"
(similar) noncurrent
18. sudden and complete; "came to a dead stop"
(synonym) dead(a)
(similar) complete
19. drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
(synonym) drained
(similar) uncharged
20. lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"
(synonym) lifeless
(similar) unanimated
21. devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"
(similar) inactive
Adverb
1. quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"
(synonym) abruptly, suddenly, short
2. 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"
(synonym) absolutely, perfectly, utterly


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Dead
(a.)
Bringing death; deadly.
  
 
(a.)
Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
  
 
(a.)
Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
  
 
(a.)
Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
  
 
(a.)
Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
  
 
(a.)
Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
  
 
(a.)
Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
  
 
(a.)
Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
  
 
(a.)
Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
  
 
(a.)
Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
  
 
(a.)
So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
  
 
(a.)
Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
  
 
(a.)
Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
  
 
(a.)
Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
  
 
(a.)
Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
  
 
(adv.)
To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
  
 
(n.)
One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
  
 
(n.)
The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
  
 
(v. i.)
To die; to lose life or force.
  
 
(v. t.)
To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
  

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