Are you trying to hyphenate deads? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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People who are no longer living They buried the dead |
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A time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense The dead of winter |
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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 |
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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 Dead soil Dead coals The fire is dead |
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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 |
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Unerringly accurate A dead shot Took dead aim |
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Physically inactive Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range |
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(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity Unresponsive Passersby were dead to our plea for help Numb to the cries for mercy |
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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 |
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Lacking acoustic resonance Dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs The dead wall surfaces of a recording studio |
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Not yielding a return Dead capital Idle funds |
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Not circulating or flowing Dead air Dead water Stagnant water |
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Not surviving in active use Latin is a dead language |
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Lacking resilience or bounce A dead tennis ball |
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Out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown A dead telephone line The motor is dead |
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No longer having force or relevance A dead issue |
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Complete Came to a dead stop Utter seriousness |
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Drained of electric charge Discharged A dead battery Left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained |
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Devoid of activity This is a dead town Nothing ever happens here |
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Quickly and without warning He stopped suddenly |
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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 |