the dead
noun
: the state of being dead
—usually used in the phrases rise from the dead or come back from the dead or return from the dead to mean to become alive again after dying
For a moment, I thought that my grandfather had come back from the dead.
They believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
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Almost half of the dead were crewmen from the battleship USS Arizona, which sank within minutes after a bomb struck its forward magazine, igniting more than a million pounds of ammunition.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
Among the dead were a 26-year-old man and two other men, while a 27-year-old woman, who suffered a gunshot wound to the head, was hospitalized and said to be in a critical condition.
—Shamim Chowdhury, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Out of all those who sought refuge, none affected him as much as a woman who arrived in his home with her child in the dead of winter in 1838.
—TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed more than 44,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials, who do not distinguish between civilians and combatants in their count but say more than half the dead were women and children.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
Among the dead were a 26-year-old man and two other men, while a 27-year-old woman, who suffered a gunshot wound to the head, was hospitalized and said to be in a critical condition.
—Shamim Chowdhury, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Out of all those who sought refuge, none affected him as much as a woman who arrived in his home with her child in the dead of winter in 1838.
—TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed more than 44,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials, who do not distinguish between civilians and combatants in their count but say more than half the dead were women and children.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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“The dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20dead. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.
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