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

The Chinese air force has launched rescue efforts and drones to the affected area and about 1,500 fire and rescue workers were deployed to search for survivors and retrieve the dead. —Chloe Mayer, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025

The Globes have risen from the dead before — the whole franchise was down for the count before Ricky Gervais singlehandedly rescued it in 2010 by rebranding it as a savage bitchfest. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025

As in Noh plays, which Mishima loved, the spirits of the dead often haunt the living. —Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025

Essay Behind the Draped Mirror Colin Dickey Covering mirrors while in mourning has a curious ambivalence: both ritual and superstition, a way of honoring the dead and warding them off, a vow that hides within the fear of something going wrong. —Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025