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

Kentridge likens the captain to the ferryman, Charon, in Greek mythology transporting the dead across the river Styx to the underworld. —Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025

To fill that void, Swedish archaeologist Oscar Nilsson has spent 30 years reconstructing the faces of the dead. —Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025

Families and humanitarian workers have raced to bury the dead, whose bodies have been stored in overflowing morgues across the city of two million. —Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2025

After all, the living soldiers had to withstand the example of the dead. —George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025