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.

Examples of the dead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Merengue superstar and concert headliner Rubby Pérez — who was on stage performing when the ceiling collapsed — was among the dead, according to emergency operation director Juan Manuel Méndez, who said the 69-year-old singer’s body was found early Wednesday morning. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025

Outside of Kentucky, 10 of the dead were killed in Tennessee, along with three in Missouri, two in Arkansas, two in Georgia and one each in Indiana and Mississippi, authorities said. —CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025

The New Yorker was not able to fully corroborate Hassan’s account, and Saada is nearly impossible for foreign journalists to access at the moment, but news reports and public social-media posts about that night counted civilians among the dead. —Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025

These affecting, sometimes shocking, stories are told carefully and with respect for the dead. —Harold Goldberg, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for the dead

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead