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{
"Deacon process":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing air and hydrogen chloride over a heated catalyst (as copper chloride)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Henry Deacon , 19th century English chemist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u0113k\u0259n-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084831",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Deadose":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a Tunican people of south central Texas":[],
": a member of the Deadose people":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u0101\u0259\u02ccd\u014ds"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223255",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deacon":{
"antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
],
"definitions":{
": a Mormon in the lowest grade of the Aaronic priesthood":[],
": a Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Orthodox cleric ranking next below a priest":[],
": a subordinate officer in a Christian church: such as":[],
": one of the laity elected by a church with congregational polity to serve in worship, in pastoral care, and on administrative committees":[]
},
"examples":[
"my cousin was married by his uncle, who is also a deacon in his church",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Krista Muscat, deacon of the Benevolence Fund at the church, says a contingent from her church have been going for the past decade. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"The final Central Florida church leader on the list was Thomas Warren Halsey, who served as deacon of First Baptist Church in Leesburg. \u2014 Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
"One victim was a father buying his young son a birthday cake, another was a grandma of eight, and yet another was a church deacon . \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 25 May 2022",
"Heyward Patterson, 67, another shooting victim, was a deacon at her church. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"Heyward Patterson, 67, was a deacon at a nearby church. \u2014 CBS News , 16 May 2022",
"Austere half-hour celebrations have given way in some parishes to regular solemn Masses that require a master of ceremonies, priest, deacon and subdeacon. \u2014 Matthew Walther, WSJ , 22 July 2021",
"Robert Underwood is a deacon at the Sanders Temple Church of God in Christ. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 30 May 2022",
"In 1986, Harley Francis was a deacon and Sunday School teacher at Powers Drive Baptist Church, which closed in 2017. \u2014 Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel , 27 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English dekene , from Old English d\u0113acon , from Late Latin diaconus , from Greek diakonos , literally, servant, from dia- + -konos (akin to en konein to be active); perhaps akin to Latin conari to attempt":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u0113-k\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201924",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deacon seat":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bench usually of split logs extending along the front of the bunks in a lumberjack's bunkhouse":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105252",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deaconess":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The virus also claimed the life of Shirley Miller, 70, a deaconess who assisted with baptisms and communion. \u2014 Ray Sanchez, CNN , 18 Apr. 2020",
"Today, the deaconesses can again access their own cemetery and visit the graves of their sisters. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Oct. 2019",
"But the pope asked some skeptical questions at the assembly about whether the responsibilities of deaconesses in the early church were more circumscribed than those of male deacons. \u2014 Elisabetta Povoledo And Laurie Goodstein, New York Times , 12 May 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u0113-k\u0259-n\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125057",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deaconry":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": diaconate":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English dekenry , from dekne, dekene deacon + -ry":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-k\u0259nr\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194545",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deacons' court":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a court in some Presbyterian churches consisting of the minister or ministers, elders, and deacons of a congregation":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100017",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deactivate":{
"antonyms":[
"activate",
"actuate",
"crank (up)",
"drive",
"move",
"propel",
"run",
"set off",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on"
],
"definitions":{
": to make inactive or ineffective":[
"deactivate a bomb",
"deactivate a chemical compound"
]
},
"examples":[
"deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For four weeks prior to the 2018 midterm elections, the authors randomly divided a group of volunteers into two cohorts\u2014one that continued to use Facebook as usual, and another that was paid to deactivate their accounts for that period. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"Therefore, the only surefire method is to deactivate RCS altogether. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 18 May 2022",
"On Tuesday, Zerlina began organizing a Twitter boycott, asking others on social media to deactivate their accounts \u2014 at least temporarily. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Large swaths of Ukraine are littered with explosive ordinances that authorities are trying to deactivate . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
"If you do get stung by a Portuguese Man O' War, experts recommend: spraying vinegar on the wound to help deactivate the venom, scraping the affected skin with a credit card to get rid of any residue, and soaking the affected skin in warm water. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Even so, Levine said Ballad would not deactivate the five-letter search. \u2014 Brett Kelman, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The Automatic Locking Retractor in the right front, second-row right, and second-row left seat belt assemblies may deactivate before the seat belts are fully retracted, which can result in an unsecured child restraint system. \u2014 USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"Coronaviruses thrive in dry air, and increasing the amount of moisture in the air can help deactivate them, said Linsey Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech. \u2014 Liz Szabo, NBC News , 17 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8ak-t\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t",
"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8ak-t\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"kill",
"shut off",
"turn off"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210647",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"deacylate":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to remove an acyl group from (a compound)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"de- + acylate":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175930",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
"dead":{
"antonyms":[
"deadness",
"death",
"grave",
"lifelessness",
"nothingness",
"sleep"
],
"definitions":{
": abrupt":[
"brought to a dead stop"
],
": absolutely , utterly":[
"dead certain",
"finished dead last",
"The room became dead quiet.",
"\u2014 Farley Mowat"
],
": absolutely uniform":[
"a dead level of mediocrity"
],
": all-out":[
"caught it on the dead run"
],
": as good as dead : doomed":[
"most books are dead in the water long before their publication",
"\u2014 Phillip Lopate"
],
": barren , infertile":[
"dead soil"
],
": being out of play":[
"a dead ball"
],
": certain to be doomed":[
"he's dead if he's late for curfew"
],
": commercially idle or unproductive":[
"dead capital"
],
": complete , absolute":[
"a dead silence"
],
": deprived of life : no longer alive":[
"a dead tree",
"dead soldiers",
"missing and presumed dead"
],
": devoid of former occupants":[
"dead villages"
],
": directly":[
"dead ahead"
],
": exact":[
"dead center of the target"
],
": grown cold : extinguished":[
"dead coals"
],
": having the appearance of death : deathly":[
"in a dead faint"
],
": inanimate , inert":[
"dead matter"
],
": incapable of being effective : stalled":[
"peace talks were dead in the water"
],
": incapable of being stirred emotionally or intellectually : unresponsive":[
"a heart dead to pity",
"felt dead inside"
],
": irrevocable":[
"a dead loss"
],
": lacking elasticity (see elasticity sense 1a )":[
"a dead tennis ball"
],
": lacking in commercial activity : quiet":[
"The city is dead after five o'clock."
],
": lacking in gaiety or animation":[
"a dead party"
],
": lacking power or effect":[
"a dead law"
],
": lacking power to move, feel, or respond : numb":[
"my arm feels dead"
],
": lacking warmth, vigor, or taste":[
"The fire was dead .",
"a dead wine"
],
": no longer active : extinct":[
"a dead volcano"
],
": no longer having interest, relevance, or significance":[
"a dead issue"
],
": no longer in use : obsolete":[
"a dead language"
],
": no longer producing or functioning : exhausted":[
"a dead battery"
],
": not imparting motion or power although otherwise functioning":[
"a dead rear axle"
],
": not running or circulating : stagnant":[
"dead water"
],
": not turning":[
"the dead center of a lathe"
],
": only by overcoming one's utter and determined resistance":[
"vows that they'll raise his taxes over his dead body"
],
": someone who is no longer alive : one that is dead (see dead entry 1 sense 1 )":[
"\u2014 usually used collectively They were among the dead ."
],
": suddenly and completely":[
"stopped dead in his tracks"
],
": temporarily forbidden to play or to make a certain play":[],
": the state of being dead":[
"raised him from the dead",
"\u2014 Colossians 2:12 (Revised Standard Version)"
],
": the time of greatest quiet":[
"the dead of night"
],
": unerring":[
"a dead shot with a rifle"
],
": very tired":[
"Our legs were completely dead after the hike."
],
": with no chance of escape or excuse : red-handed":[
"had him dead to rights for the robbery"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Her husband is dead . He died last year.",
"He was found dead in his apartment yesterday.",
"He lay dead on the floor.",
"The lost mountain climbers were believed dead .",
"The poster said that the robbers were wanted dead or alive .",
"Our legs were completely dead after hiking all day.",
"I'm dead if I come in late for work again.",
"If I ever get my hands on you, you're dead !",
"Noun",
"By the end of the war, there were over two million dead .",
"He began his journey in the dead of winter .",
"Adverb",
"She's dead certain that she can finish the job.",
"We were dead tired by the end of the day.",
"He's not joking. In fact, he's dead serious.",
"They were both dead drunk and passed out on the floor.",
"She finished the race dead last .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"After getting captured and hung by the puritan townspeople of Salem, the three sisters stay dead for a few hundred years \u2014 until a group of kids (Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw, and Thora Birch) unwittingly resurrect them. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"The patient thought about his parents, both dead for many years. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
"Milam and Bryant are now both dead , but Till\u2019s family and supporters have maintained that Donham should be arrested. \u2014 Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"The killing spree was the deadliest in a string of terrorist attacks targeting France at the time, leaving hundreds dead and reshaping everyday life in the country. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"Rumors abounded, but the city government said no dead had been confirmed from Izucar. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 29 June 2022",
"Only 14 of the 20 defendants appeared in court, with the other six missing or presumed dead . \u2014 Aurelien Breeden, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"Milwaukee's historic cemetery is the final resting place of a number of the city's veterans, including Mayor Carl Zeidler, who enlisted in the Navy and was reported missing and presumed dead when his ship was sunk in 1943. \u2014 Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
"Doaks was found unresponsive and the roadway and pronounced dead on the scene at 8:48 p.m. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a release later that night, KSP confirmed an investigation was underway after troopers had been involved in a shooting that left an individual dead but released no additional details. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2022",
"Roberto Velasco Alvarez, the director-general for North America in Mexico's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that among the dead are at least 22 Mexicans, seven Guatemalans, and two Hondurans. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 29 June 2022",
"Default dead can happen faster than Fast, which raised and burned $120 million without growing revenues or course-correcting quickly enough\u2014and no longer exists. \u2014 Vineet Madan, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Twitter Tuesday that, of the dead who had been identified, 22 were from Mexico, seven were from Guatemala and two were from Honduras. \u2014 Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"Those with the ability to resurrect the dead often are. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
"So are the obstacles to give a proper send-off to the dead . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Lee is drawn to the truthtelling value of violent found footage; to him, paying respect to the dead requires the spectacle of putting on a wake. \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
"The human cost piled up \u2014 tens of thousands of Americans injured in addition to the dead . \u2014 Robert Burns And Lolita C. Baldor, Chron , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Neighbors residing directly next to the apartment where the man was found shot dead peered over their own patios and craned their necks to see what occurred. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
"Milne\u2019s current focus is on creating stories for all the World War II dead buried at Arlington National Cemetery, about 8,000 men and women. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"Outside the civic center, a father who had learned his child was dead fought tears as he was embraced by his cousins, according to CNN's Nicole Chavez. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 25 May 2022",
"Most of the dead died from Russian bombs, missiles, and their wreckage. \u2014 ELLE , 24 May 2022",
"Embalming was an innovative method of preserving bodies that allowed some Northern families to have their war dead retrieved from the mostly Southern battlefields and brought back to be buried in Northern soil. \u2014 Gary Laderman, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2022",
"Here, a genial Manhattanite runs afoul of Westchester's finest, and winds up dead in \u2014 horrors! \u2014 the suburbs. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"The body of Ruby Taverner was discovered in a wooded area in Independence Township, Michigan, near her apartment, where deputies found her brother and boyfriend dead early Sunday, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Monday. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 9 May 2022",
"Marisa says Hansen had wound up dead not long after. \u2014 CBS News , 7 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English deed , from Old English d\u0113ad ; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, Old High German t\u014dt dead \u2014 more at die":"Adjective, Noun, and Adverb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ded"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for dead Adjective dead , defunct , deceased , departed , late mean devoid of life. dead applies literally to what is deprived of vital force but is used figuratively of anything that has lost any attribute (such as energy, activity, radiance) suggesting life. a dead , listless performance defunct stresses cessation of active existence or operation. a defunct television series deceased , departed , and late apply to persons who have died recently. deceased is the preferred term in legal use. the estate of the deceased departed is used usually as a euphemism. our departed sister late is used especially with reference to a person in a specific relation or status. the company's late president",
"synonyms":[
"asleep",
"breathless",
"cold",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"departed",
"fallen",
"gone",
"late",
"lifeless",
"low"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164036",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"dead center":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in the exact center":[
"She hung the picture dead center on the wall."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113302",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"dead cert":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": something that is very likely":[
"He's a dead cert for player of the year."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121930",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dead clothes":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the shroud of a corpse":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
", dead":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-131134",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"dead duck":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that is doomed":[]
},
"examples":[
"If they find out what I did, I'm a dead duck !",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At least that\u2019s what the locals say, though former coach Chris Petersen once claimed to have found a dead duck on the field. \u2014 Berry Tramel, USA TODAY , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Brown also reached out to the Arizona Game and Fish Department, which sent biologists and took a dead duck in for testing. \u2014 Serena O'sullivan, azcentral , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Biologists with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks found dead ducks and shorebirds with broken wings, smashed skulls, internal damage and other injuries, the agency said in a statement. \u2014 David Williams, CNN , 23 Aug. 2019",
"Serena O'Sullivan, Arizona Republic City officials have cleaned an area of a Phoenix park left littered with numerous dead ducks that were burned when a fire broke out Sunday. \u2014 Serena O'sullivan, azcentral , 10 July 2019",
"Buffett is correct in acknowledging that the traditional newspaper business model is a dead duck in the long run, as readers transition to digital news websites. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 4 June 2019",
"Biologists had no reports last year of dead ducks , otters, raccoons or other animals that eat mussels. \u2014 Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com , 11 July 2018",
"In June 2016, a Regina, Canada, family reported finding six dead ducks following a lightning storm, reported CBC News. \u2014 Don Sweeney, sacbee , 10 Apr. 2018",
"There's a common misconception that in the South, our dogs ride around in the backs of trucks and always have a dead duck in their mouths. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Gowen, Southern Living , 20 Sep. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083547",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dead heat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"draw",
"stalemate",
"standoff",
"tie"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the horses crossed the finish line in a dead heat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tim Michels, a multimillionaire construction business co-owner who won the endorsement of Donald Trump, is in a dead heat with former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who has been in the GOP race the longest. \u2014 Scott Bauer, ajc , 22 June 2022",
"Tim Michels, a multimillionaire construction business co-owner who won the endorsement of Donald Trump, is in a dead heat with former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who has been in the GOP race the longest. \u2014 Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Publicly available polling showed Drazan and Tiernan in a tight race around the beginning of May, in a statistical dead heat with nearly 19% of Republican voters picking Drazan and 14% supporting Tiernan. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"Democrat Cheri Beasley\u2019s internal polling has her in a dead heat with both Republican Rep. Ted Budd and former Gov. Pat McCrory, with the Democrat sporting higher favorable numbers (but lower familiarity among general electorate voters). \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 13 May 2022",
"According to a new poll from The Hill and Emerson College, Oz is in a near dead heat with former hedge fund manager Dave McCormick in the race. \u2014 Katie Wadington, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
"In the sixth race, Warren rides Maejames to a dead heat finish with Piplad. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"Recent polls show Graham and Harrison in a dead heat battle heading into Election Day. \u2014 Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner , 11 Oct. 2020",
"On the Republican side, Stuart Ray and Rhonda Palazzo were in a dead heat with 29% of vote at the time the Democratic race was called. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 18 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034410"
},
"dead leaf":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": feuille morte":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115821",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dead letter":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a letter that is undeliverable and unreturnable by the post office":[],
": something that has lost its force or authority without being formally abolished":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There were ways to defend Joy Silk against this First Amendment claim, but Manoli chose instead simply to assert, falsely, that Joy Silk was a dead letter , even though the NLRB had never overturned it. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Our one means of removing bad presidents is a dead letter . \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Overnight, Roe became a dead letter in the second largest state. \u2014 CNN , 17 Sep. 2021",
"While insistence on a balanced budget in exchange for debt limit concessions is also a dead letter , steps in that direction need to be part of the discourse. \u2014 Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"As a matter of reality, Roe vs. Wade is a dead letter in Texas today. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Sep. 2021",
"But if the justices stand by as Texas effectively imposes a ban on most abortions performed in the state, then Roe may already be a dead letter . \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Politically, though, the pamphlet was a dead letter . \u2014 Zachary D. Carter, The New Republic , 17 June 2021",
"Outside of the Trump Administration and the right wing of the Republican Party, that\u2019s now a dead letter . \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 21 Nov. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003131",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dead lift":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is lifted from the floor to hip level":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Standing compound exercises\u2014such as the dead lift , lunge, squat, standing cable row, and battle rope waves and slams\u2014engage the core, leg, and foot muscles for stability and balance, in addition to whatever their primary focus is, says Bracko. \u2014 Amanda Macmillan, Outside Online , 24 Apr. 2015",
"Push-ups, sit-ups, and a 2-mile run were considered not holistic enough to meet the new requirements of war, so a six-exercise test was devised that incorporates exercises including a plank, dead lift , and sprint-drag-carry. \u2014 Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner , 22 Mar. 2021",
"There are two main exercises to use in conjunction with the hex bar: the dead lift and the shrug. \u2014 Anthony Marcusa, chicagotribune.com , 22 Mar. 2021",
"His personal bests are impressive \u2014 300 on power clean, 335 on bench, 500 on squat, 525 on dead lift . \u2014 Joseph Halm, NOLA.com , 7 Aug. 2020",
"Duffin is the only person to ever lift 1,000 pounds for reps in the squat and dead lifted 1,000 pounds for reps. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Jessica Fithen went to Palmer, Alaska, last month, did a dogsled drag, pushed a van, pressed kegs, hurled a 55-pound salmon more than 14 feet and dead lifted nearly 500 pounds over and over. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Right Now Her workouts consist of the leg-toning essentials: weighted traditional squats, Sumo squads, lunges and dead lifts . \u2014 Hanna Flanagan, PEOPLE.com , 23 Dec. 2019",
"Such feats of strength were hardly unusual for Mr. Columbu, whose website notes that his personal records included bench pressing 525 pounds, squatting 655 pounds and dead lifting 750. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Sep. 2019"
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"The Tennessee Department of Transportation has hired an engineering firm and a full mathematical analysis is under way to look at dead load data and models and discuss potential repair solutions. \u2014 Nick Valencia, CNN , 13 May 2021",
"But pure gravity becomes the rub\u2014the dead load of the actual bridge. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 9 June 2020"
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"We came to a dead end and had to turn around.",
"My career has hit a dead end .",
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"Much like his aspiration of entering the operating room, Segura hit a dead end in his career as a rapper. \u2014 Derek Scancarelli, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"His government hosted initial rounds of diplomatic talks between Moscow and Kyiv, but those discussions appear to have hit a dead end even as the war bogs down. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"There was only the dead end of the commune, or the default of the corporation. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Only a tiny sprinkling of upscale houses break up the forest along Prattling Pond Road, a dead end . \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
"And yet even this, which is designed to be Dominion\u2018s biggest no-brainer coup, feels like an easy nostalgia grab that turns into a no-go dead end . \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
"As for the wider ecosystem, Samsung seems to have realized that Tizen is a dead end with app developers and appears to be all-in on Wear OS. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
"The bill received a study order, which usually a dead end for legislation. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"Midway through the fourth quarter, the Celtics appeared, for once, to corral Antetokounmpo into a dead end . \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022"
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"\u02c8ded-\u02c8\u022fn",
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"1993, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Noun",
"His friends are just a bunch of deadbeats .",
"He was accused of being a deadbeat .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What kind of deadbeat splits the bill after 10 months",
"The film features other comic actors: Tiffany Haddish as Val\u2019s pregnant ex-girlfriend, J.B. Smoove as Val\u2019s deadbeat dad, and Lavell Crawford as the proprietor of the motocross park where Kevin and Val hung out as teenagers. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"The flashback also provides an unexpected origin story to Johnny\u2019s attachment to Coors Banquet, which his mom finds in the box of his deadbeat dad\u2019s old things. \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Vulture , 31 Dec. 2021",
"My ex was the typical deadbeat dad -- never there for his children. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Her deadbeat husband is out of work and has used up all of her money, leaving bills unpaid and the bank breathing down her neck. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
"So too are the governments of socialist, deadbeat Argentina and of El Salvador, which every day slips further into arbitrary, authoritarian rule. \u2014 Mary Anastasia O\u2019grady, WSJ , 29 Aug. 2021",
"New Hampshire 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery\u2019s case \u2013 and how her deadbeat dad was awarded custody back in February 2019, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker says. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 20 Jan. 2022",
"She is made into a lurid tabloid figure, an exotic exception to the common deadbeat father. \u2014 Amanda Hess, New York Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"And coming off a deadbeat response to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, Manfred should not be looking for any more rakes to step on. \u2014 Anthony Witrado, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Funding for everything, then there\u2019ll be no more deadbeat dads. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Adding to the complexity was his eagerness to avoid the archetype of a deadbeat Black father. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2021",
"The pace and tone varies over the show\u2019s short run, but the seemingly deadbeat characters are always charming and three-dimensional. \u2014 Margaret Lyons, New York Times , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Now, however, after a trip with Duke to their deadbeat dad\u2019s, Frankie\u2019s back, hugging Sam like a little kid. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 13 Apr. 2020",
"Flowers gave Brucie, a deadbeat dad, levels of humanity beyond his ne\u2019er-do-well appearance. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Dec. 2019",
"If the pressure to come up with liquidity forces Chandra to cede control of his TV empire, then the new owner will have the deadbeat infrastructure financier IL&FS to thank. \u2014 Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 29 Jan. 2019",
"What\u2019s the biggest misconception about Black fathers The biggest misconception about Black fathers is that most of us are inactive and uninterested in raising our children, or just straight up deadbeat dads. \u2014 Danielle Pointdujour, Essence , 13 June 2019"
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"He took aspirin to deaden the pain.",
"The new insulation will help to deaden the noise from the street outside.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With each needle drop, Foley\u2019s eyes deaden , as lifeless as the world outside. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 25 May 2022",
"The glum surroundings deaden some of the livelier songs and the sheer size of the set, with staircases on either end, means that the cast needs to take a rather long time to enter or exit the stage. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 14 Apr. 2022",
"With virtually every swing-and-miss \u2014 especially against elevated fastballs \u2014 his right forearm appears to deaden , resulting in him dropping the bat. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Oct. 2021",
"There is plenty of specially designed soundproofing materials that deaden the sounds from coming into the interior of the vehicle. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Andrelton Simmons hadn't realized MLB had tweaked its baseballs ahead of this season, a subtle change intended to deaden the distance by one or two feet on balls hit 375 feet or more. \u2014 Megan Ryan, Star Tribune , 11 May 2021",
"But familiarity shouldn't deaden our sense of outrage. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Mar. 2021",
"The problem is that policies that directly redistribute income tend to deaden work incentives. \u2014 Robert Stein, National Review , 15 Nov. 2020",
"Economists believe a second wave of infections could deaden a rebound and put the American economy in new danger. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 8 June 2020"
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"brain",
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": a devoted fan of the rock group the Grateful Dead":[
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"Noun",
"people knew that he was a deadhead and voted for him anyway",
"Verb",
"She's out in the garden deadheading the rosebushes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This approach allows an Origin to make multiple deliveries on each trip, thus minimizing the deadhead miles and reducing unit costs and road congestion. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"After blooming, deadhead and retain the green shoots until brown, then remove. \u2014 Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Even at-home style was dominated by two completely different aesthetics: cottagecore versus gratitude journal deadhead . \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 10 Dec. 2020",
"In very hot inland areas, be more conservative and deadhead very lightly. \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Sep. 2020",
"Use zinnias as cut flowers or deadhead spent blooms to encourage new blooms. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 4 June 2020",
"Uber spokesman Harry Hartfield said the company is still not convinced that the garage is the best way to cut down on the deadhead trips. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Dec. 2019",
"After all, a deadhead relaxing in a passenger seat is paid the same as a working crew member. \u2014 Elliott Hester, latimes.com , 1 July 2019",
"Recently Jonah Hill has been dressing like a former deadhead turned dad, recovered burnout, and grillmaster who just likes to unwind on weekends. \u2014 Liz Raiss, GQ , 1 June 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As flowers start to fade, deadhead frequently to encourage new buds and blooms. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Second, when the flowers are finished making their show, deadhead the old blooms to keep them from going to seed. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Whenever practical, continue to deadhead cool-season annuals such as pansies, snapdragons and dianthus to keep them blooming through the spring. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 22 Dec. 2020",
"On the least healthy bushes, maintain foliage and deadhead just the bloom. \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Sep. 2020",
"Kris doesn't deadhead her peonies even though some people believe that doing so can increase the flowers of certain varieties the following year. \u2014 Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 Apr. 2020",
"The latest rules are supposed to reduce deadheading by 30 percent. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Goldfinches feed on the seed heads of my coneflowers, so cutting them back or deadheading removes this food source for the birds. \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 2 Nov. 2019",
"Most flight attendants would rather deadhead than work a flight. \u2014 Elliott Hester, latimes.com , 1 July 2019"
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"lamebrain",
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": a metal cover or shutter fitted to a port to keep out light and water":[]
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"1726, in the meaning defined above":""
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"She worked on her composition right up until the deadline .",
"We had to hurry to meet the deadline .",
"The project was completed a week past its deadline .",
"The deadline for submitting college applications is April 19th.",
"They're working under a deadline .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chicago polling places were expected to meet the deadline . \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Before the injury, Sexton and the Cavaliers failed to meet an Oct. 18 deadline on contract extensions for first-round choices in the 2018 NBA Draft. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 28 June 2022",
"Pfizer may be able to meet an October deadline , according to two people familiar with the company\u2019s operations. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Harford County joins municipalities across the state that have formed similar boards in order to meet the July 1 deadline . \u2014 Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun , 24 June 2022",
"To meet that deadline , NASA must start designing\u2014and building\u2014such a facility immediately, says Philip Christensen, a professor at Arizona State University and co-chair of the new Decadal Survey\u2019s steering committee. \u2014 Leonard David, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"Urbanik said the timeline is not guaranteed, but expects the process to move quickly in order to meet the federal construction deadline . \u2014 Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"After the auction, Las-Vegas based LTD failed to file paperwork for certification in Oklahoma in time to meet an FCC deadline . \u2014 Ryan Tracy, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Erzen said the county began the recruiting process early to meet the July 1 deadline . \u2014 Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post , 5 June 2022"
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"1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8ded-\u02ccl\u012bn"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114359",
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"the deadlock was broken with a key compromise"
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},
"examples":[
"City councilors reached a deadlock over the law.",
"His goal broke a 3\u20133 deadlock .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Iftikhar denied Khan\u2019s assertion that the army chief of staff, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, had offered to help mediate in his deadlock with the opposition. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The jury had signaled its deadlock on some charges earlier in the day, but returned to deliberations when urged to do so by the judge. \u2014 Michael Liedtke, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Jan. 2022",
"First, to avoid another years-long deadlock , his successor decreed that the cardinals be locked up together until a new pope is chosen. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 7 June 2022",
"The deadlock had the effect of disqualifying the candidates from appearing on the primary ballot. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"Iraq\u2019s parliament passed sweeping legislation this week that would broaden the crime of normalizing ties with Israel, in a rare show of solidarity amid an eight-month political deadlock . \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"In the bottom of the sixth inning, Smaldino ended a 1-1 deadlock with an RBI single off Notre Dame ace Cole Clark to score Owen Fuller, who had tripled. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"The current political deadlock has also already led to a partial blockade of Libya\u2019s oil facilities, slashing the country\u2019s main source of foreign revenue in half. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"Unfortunately, the summit highlighted the strategic deadlock that has challenged America\u2019s regional diplomacy during the Biden era. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 16 May 2022"
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"1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8ded-\u02ccl\u00e4k"
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"gridlock",
"halt",
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"logjam",
"Mexican standoff",
"stalemate",
"standoff",
"standstill"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035435",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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],
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"deadly serious"
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"a deadly expos\u00e9"
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"deadly poison"
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": marked by determination or extreme seriousness":[],
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"a deadly conversation"
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"a deadly habit"
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"a deadly marksman"
],
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},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the world's most deadly snake",
"a more deadly form of the disease",
"They launched a deadly attack.",
"Officers are allowed to use deadly force if necessary.",
"She shoots with deadly accuracy.",
"a basketball player with deadly aim",
"A deadly silence followed his question.",
"The two gang leaders are deadly enemies.",
"He spoke with deadly seriousness.",
"Adverb",
"I'm deadly serious about making an offer on the house.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Manfredonia is charged with murder, kidnapping with a firearm, home invasion and robbery with a deadly weapon in connection to the killing of 23-year-old Nicholas Eisele and the kidnapping of Eisele\u2019s girlfriend. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"Joel Louis Garcia, 34, was arrested days after the incident on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to jail records. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"She is charged with first-degree murder and carrying a deadly weapon with the intent to injure in the death of Wilson, a 33-year-old chef. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"Barnes was arrested on May 26 and charged with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and being associated with a street gang while participating in a crime, online jail records show. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"Tarrion Johnson, of the 4200 block of West Cullerton Avenue, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court with assault of a federal marshal with a deadly weapon. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"The San Bernardino County District Attorney\u2019s Office filed 10 felony charges against McGuire, including kidnapping, false imprisonment by violence, torture, mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon and forcible rape. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 17 June 2022",
"Peter Anthony McGuire, 59, has been charged with torture, kidnapping, mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment by violence, rape and other crimes. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"The shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde brought back some traumatic memories for Corin and revived the question of how a teen with mental health issues can purchase such a deadly weapon and cause so much death and destruction. \u2014 Analisa Novak, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"For his victims, however, the consequences can be deadly serious. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"While that can be mild, severe heat exhaustion \u2014 known as heatstroke \u2014 can turn deadly . \u2014 Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Mears said the two cases serve as a reminder that domestic violence can turn deadly . \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"The shelter is available at a time when metro Phoenix\u2019s scorching summer temperatures can turn deadly , especially for people who are unhoused. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"Starring Romain Duris and Berenice Bejo, Final Cut opens with a 30-minute sequence during which a zombie film shoot appears to turn deadly . \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
"Nicolet said this diligent monitoring is crucial for young kittens, whose health can be so precarious that a simple respiratory illness or bout of diarrhea can quickly turn deadly . \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 11 Apr. 2022",
"But Mexico has been unable to stanch the flood of migrants stuffed by the hundreds into trucks operated by smugglers who charge thousands of dollars to take them to the U.S. border, trips that all too often turn deadly . \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 2 Apr. 2022",
"In the past, multiple falls have triggered major pileups that cause injuries and occasionally turn deadly . \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb"
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"\u02c8ded-l\u0113"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for deadly Adjective deadly , mortal , fatal , lethal mean causing or capable of causing death. deadly applies to an established or very likely cause of death. a deadly disease mortal implies that death has occurred or is inevitable. a mortal wound fatal stresses the inevitability of what has in fact resulted in death or destruction. fatal consequences lethal applies to something that is bound to cause death or exists for the destruction of life. lethal gas",
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"mortal",
"murderous",
"pestilent",
"terminal",
"vital"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083745",
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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": the name that a transgender person was given at birth and no longer uses upon transitioning":[
"Many trans people will go to great lengths to prevent people from finding out their deadnames , destroying irreplaceable photos and documents in an effort to ensure that who they really are is the only identity most will remember.",
"\u2014 Sam Riedel"
],
": to speak of or address (someone) by their deadname":[
"A Texas high school that was planning to deadname a transgender student at his graduation ceremony today has reversed its decision, and will call him by his name after all.",
"\u2014 Jeff Taylor",
"When an officer misgenders and deadnames a victim, they are disregarding and denying that trans person's identity, advocates say.",
"\u2014 Annamarya Scaccia"
]
},
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"2010, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"2013, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8ded-\u02ccn\u0101m"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234852",
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"deadness",
"death",
"grave",
"lifelessness",
"nothingness",
"sleep"
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"brought to a dead stop"
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"dead certain",
"finished dead last",
"The room became dead quiet.",
"\u2014 Farley Mowat"
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": absolutely uniform":[
"a dead level of mediocrity"
],
": all-out":[
"caught it on the dead run"
],
": as good as dead : doomed":[
"most books are dead in the water long before their publication",
"\u2014 Phillip Lopate"
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": barren , infertile":[
"dead soil"
],
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"a dead ball"
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],
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],
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": devoid of former occupants":[
"dead villages"
],
": directly":[
"dead ahead"
],
": exact":[
"dead center of the target"
],
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"dead coals"
],
": having the appearance of death : deathly":[
"in a dead faint"
],
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"dead matter"
],
": incapable of being effective : stalled":[
"peace talks were dead in the water"
],
": incapable of being stirred emotionally or intellectually : unresponsive":[
"a heart dead to pity",
"felt dead inside"
],
": irrevocable":[
"a dead loss"
],
": lacking elasticity (see elasticity sense 1a )":[
"a dead tennis ball"
],
": lacking in commercial activity : quiet":[
"The city is dead after five o'clock."
],
": lacking in gaiety or animation":[
"a dead party"
],
": lacking power or effect":[
"a dead law"
],
": lacking power to move, feel, or respond : numb":[
"my arm feels dead"
],
": lacking warmth, vigor, or taste":[
"The fire was dead .",
"a dead wine"
],
": no longer active : extinct":[
"a dead volcano"
],
": no longer having interest, relevance, or significance":[
"a dead issue"
],
": no longer in use : obsolete":[
"a dead language"
],
": no longer producing or functioning : exhausted":[
"a dead battery"
],
": not imparting motion or power although otherwise functioning":[
"a dead rear axle"
],
": not running or circulating : stagnant":[
"dead water"
],
": not turning":[
"the dead center of a lathe"
],
": only by overcoming one's utter and determined resistance":[
"vows that they'll raise his taxes over his dead body"
],
": someone who is no longer alive : one that is dead (see dead entry 1 sense 1 )":[
"\u2014 usually used collectively They were among the dead ."
],
": suddenly and completely":[
"stopped dead in his tracks"
],
": temporarily forbidden to play or to make a certain play":[],
": the state of being dead":[
"raised him from the dead",
"\u2014 Colossians 2:12 (Revised Standard Version)"
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": the time of greatest quiet":[
"the dead of night"
],
": unerring":[
"a dead shot with a rifle"
],
": very tired":[
"Our legs were completely dead after the hike."
],
": with no chance of escape or excuse : red-handed":[
"had him dead to rights for the robbery"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Her husband is dead . He died last year.",
"He was found dead in his apartment yesterday.",
"He lay dead on the floor.",
"The lost mountain climbers were believed dead .",
"The poster said that the robbers were wanted dead or alive .",
"Our legs were completely dead after hiking all day.",
"I'm dead if I come in late for work again.",
"If I ever get my hands on you, you're dead !",
"Noun",
"By the end of the war, there were over two million dead .",
"He began his journey in the dead of winter .",
"Adverb",
"She's dead certain that she can finish the job.",
"We were dead tired by the end of the day.",
"He's not joking. In fact, he's dead serious.",
"They were both dead drunk and passed out on the floor.",
"She finished the race dead last .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"After getting captured and hung by the puritan townspeople of Salem, the three sisters stay dead for a few hundred years \u2014 until a group of kids (Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw, and Thora Birch) unwittingly resurrect them. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"The patient thought about his parents, both dead for many years. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
"Milam and Bryant are now both dead , but Till\u2019s family and supporters have maintained that Donham should be arrested. \u2014 Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"The killing spree was the deadliest in a string of terrorist attacks targeting France at the time, leaving hundreds dead and reshaping everyday life in the country. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"Rumors abounded, but the city government said no dead had been confirmed from Izucar. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 29 June 2022",
"Only 14 of the 20 defendants appeared in court, with the other six missing or presumed dead . \u2014 Aurelien Breeden, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"Milwaukee's historic cemetery is the final resting place of a number of the city's veterans, including Mayor Carl Zeidler, who enlisted in the Navy and was reported missing and presumed dead when his ship was sunk in 1943. \u2014 Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
"Doaks was found unresponsive and the roadway and pronounced dead on the scene at 8:48 p.m. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a release later that night, KSP confirmed an investigation was underway after troopers had been involved in a shooting that left an individual dead but released no additional details. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2022",
"Roberto Velasco Alvarez, the director-general for North America in Mexico's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that among the dead are at least 22 Mexicans, seven Guatemalans, and two Hondurans. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 29 June 2022",
"Default dead can happen faster than Fast, which raised and burned $120 million without growing revenues or course-correcting quickly enough\u2014and no longer exists. \u2014 Vineet Madan, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Twitter Tuesday that, of the dead who had been identified, 22 were from Mexico, seven were from Guatemala and two were from Honduras. \u2014 Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"Those with the ability to resurrect the dead often are. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
"So are the obstacles to give a proper send-off to the dead . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Lee is drawn to the truthtelling value of violent found footage; to him, paying respect to the dead requires the spectacle of putting on a wake. \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
"The human cost piled up \u2014 tens of thousands of Americans injured in addition to the dead . \u2014 Robert Burns And Lolita C. Baldor, Chron , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Neighbors residing directly next to the apartment where the man was found shot dead peered over their own patios and craned their necks to see what occurred. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
"Milne\u2019s current focus is on creating stories for all the World War II dead buried at Arlington National Cemetery, about 8,000 men and women. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"Outside the civic center, a father who had learned his child was dead fought tears as he was embraced by his cousins, according to CNN's Nicole Chavez. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 25 May 2022",
"Most of the dead died from Russian bombs, missiles, and their wreckage. \u2014 ELLE , 24 May 2022",
"Embalming was an innovative method of preserving bodies that allowed some Northern families to have their war dead retrieved from the mostly Southern battlefields and brought back to be buried in Northern soil. \u2014 Gary Laderman, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2022",
"Here, a genial Manhattanite runs afoul of Westchester's finest, and winds up dead in \u2014 horrors! \u2014 the suburbs. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"The body of Ruby Taverner was discovered in a wooded area in Independence Township, Michigan, near her apartment, where deputies found her brother and boyfriend dead early Sunday, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Monday. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 9 May 2022",
"Marisa says Hansen had wound up dead not long after. \u2014 CBS News , 7 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English deed , from Old English d\u0113ad ; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, Old High German t\u014dt dead \u2014 more at die":"Adjective, Noun, and Adverb"
},
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"\u02c8ded"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for dead Adjective dead , defunct , deceased , departed , late mean devoid of life. dead applies literally to what is deprived of vital force but is used figuratively of anything that has lost any attribute (such as energy, activity, radiance) suggesting life. a dead , listless performance defunct stresses cessation of active existence or operation. a defunct television series deceased , departed , and late apply to persons who have died recently. deceased is the preferred term in legal use. the estate of the deceased departed is used usually as a euphemism. our departed sister late is used especially with reference to a person in a specific relation or status. the company's late president",
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"asleep",
"breathless",
"cold",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"departed",
"fallen",
"gone",
"late",
"lifeless",
"low"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101912",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"deadpan":{
"antonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"expressive"
],
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": a completely expressionless face":[],
": a deadpan manner of behavior or presentation":[],
": in a deadpan manner : without emotion : blankly":[
"Larry David started out in the 1970s doing stand-up in comedy clubs such as Catch a Rising Star, where if he came out on stage and did not like the audience he would stare at them deadpan \u2026 and walk off.",
"\u2014 Lee Siegel",
"\"A sex and violence weekend",
"\u2014 Judith Miller"
],
": marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression":[
"a deadpan comedy"
],
": to express in a deadpan manner":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"he delivered the joke in such a deadpan voice that we thought at first that he was serious",
"Noun",
"He tells the joke in his best deadpan .",
"She's a master of deadpan .",
"Verb",
"\u201cI went back to doing push-ups again, and this time I almost completed one,\u201d he deadpanned .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Live actor-comedian known for his deadpan delivery was diagnosed with cancer in 2012 but kept his illness private. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
"Come for Peter Weller's deliciously deadpan performance as an exterminator who has accidentally murdered his wife, stay for the discourse about creativity and the giant bug with a talking butt. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
"Horsegirl was a low-key delight, with deadpan and quizzical indie rock that didn\u2019t seem wedded to song structure, piling on Sonic Youth guitars and cruising curiously to the next thing rather than circling back in the typical manner. \u2014 Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
"Like Stearns\u2019 previous two films, The Art of Self-Defense and Faults, Dual consists of incisive and deadpan dialogue, the filmmaker\u2019s trademark. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"White, whose charm and deadpan comedic delivery earned her an eight-decade career and the title of America\u2019s most trusted celebrity, died at age 99 on Dec. 31. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Her story is just one part of \u00d6stlund\u2019s searing commentary on privilege, greed and power \u2014 but Abigail\u2019s power play, exquisitely brought to life by de Leon\u2019s deadpan delivery, is what audiences will remember. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Aaron Paul also appears as a deadpan combat trainer in the film, which is playing now in general release. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Later, as GoGwilt played with his back to the audience, Smith sat on the floor facing forward with a deadpan expression, her legs outstretched in front of her, feet crossed at the ankles. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Binnie\u2019s deadpan , offhand narration makes clear how little the plot is the point. \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"In Seasons 1 and 2, his attempts to fit in among plucky Millennial thespians showcased Hader\u2019s impressive deadpan and elastic face. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"What Nikou shares with Duprat and Cohn is a penchant for the deadpan . \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 17 June 2022",
"Burnham and Macdonald are from different generations and have clashing styles, one theatrical and flamboyantly satirical, the other deadpan and folksy. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"Eggers peppers in these supernatural interludes throughout, with bracing deadpan ; this world blends the gritty realism of warfare with intricate myth. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The bureaucratic nightmare is a great showcase for Glover's exhausted deadpan , which was mildly shocking so soon after his jaunty Community days. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Delivered in a monotonic, almost spooky deadpan , the track has the feeling of poetry or performance art. \u2014 Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone , 9 Feb. 2022",
"His face, his melancholy deadpan , is a permanent reaction shot. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Audiences catch a glimpse of this version\u2014the real Quinta\u2014whenever Janine shoots the camera a fourth-wall-breaking, deadpan aside on Abbott\u2019s mockumentary-style set. \u2014 ELLE , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Would the British public, used to deadpan interviews or excessively comedic conversations, enjoy Oprah-style interviews",
"Those comments were typically Tuukka: deadpan and dry. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2021",
"The prize, Brady deadpans , is two weeks in Dayton, Ohio, which the 51-year-old concedes sounds a little like a Vaudeville punchline. \u2014 Nancy Shohet West, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Grant deadpans of the annual invitation for a Love Actually reunion. \u2014 Julie Miller, HWD , 17 Mar. 2017",
"Grant deadpans of the annual invitation for a Love Actually reunion. \u2014 vanityfair.com , 17 Mar. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1933, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"circa 1928, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1930, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"circa 1942, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8ded-\u02ccpan"
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"empty",
"expressionless",
"impassive",
"inexpressive",
"numb",
"stolid",
"vacant"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102835",
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"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"deadtongue":{
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"definitions":{
": a European water dropwort ( Oenanthe crocata )":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from its paralyzing effect on the speech organs":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122706",
"type":[
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]
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"examples":[
"She's determined to get the deadwood out of the company.",
"a healthy tree with no deadwood",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The camera wanders slowly over dirt and deadwood , scrub grass and scattered rock. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Neil, 39, combines his teacher\u2019s formal daring with Naka\u2019s open, idealistic approach, sculpting Rocky Mountain junipers into pale white streamers or rugged bursts of deadwood reaching out from plumes of foliage. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021",
"This cost-effective approach has helped Alaska largely avoid the problem, common in the lower 48 states, of forests that are overgrown or have too much deadwood . \u2014 Randi Jandt, Scientific American , 1 Oct. 2021",
"In the short term, Inter may try once more to streamline their squad, to shed some of the deadwood that was up for sale last summer. \u2014 Emmet Gates, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"The resulting deadwood would be hauled out by truck and even helicopter to new biomass facilities and private timber mills to be transformed into electricity, boards and other products. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Aug. 2021",
"The freedom to cut deadwood is a competitive advantage for the Pack and contributed mightily to the past three decades of success. \u2014 Luther Ray Abel, National Review , 3 Aug. 2021",
"Another would be signing long-term contracts with companies to harvest deadwood from forests for commercial purposes. \u2014 Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2021",
"Also stay clear of plants that produce fine, dry or dead leaves or needles, as well as those that accumulate deadwood within the plant. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8ded-\u02ccwu\u0307d"
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"chaff",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offal",
"offscouring",
"raffle",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"spilth",
"trash",
"truck",
"waste"
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"soft"
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],
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"their silence on the issue was deafening"
]
},
"examples":[
"the deafening roar of the planes",
"a boom box blasting deafening music",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fans roared back, clapping and blowing their vuvuzelas at a more deafening pitch. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Tim Cook\u2019s silence on all this, by the way, is pretty deafening . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Finally, people are being encouraged to say Taylor's name loudly and often; in the streets and online, so that in the deafening wave of dissent crashing over the country, her story is not washed away. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 5 June 2020",
"Full coverage of George Floyd's death and protests around the country Angelenos who remember the riots recall an almost deafening silence settling over the city as unrest wore on. \u2014 NBC News , 4 June 2020",
"Once every decade or so, though, that cacophony turns deafening as millions of the winged insects emerge at once in dense throngs. \u2014 Amy Mckeever, National Geographic , 3 June 2020",
"Polar bear warning signs went unheeded; the deafening hum of the vicious, biting flies seemed like more of an imminent threat. \u2014 Hillary Richard, New York Times , 11 May 2020",
"So at least 40 cars instead piled into the parking lot of the neighboring CatholicLife Insurance building, where drivers proceeded to blare their horns in a deafening cacophony. \u2014 Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com , 19 Apr. 2020",
"At the very least, the shift in conservative news suggests that the debate over the president\u2019s competence will become yet another partisan one, obscuring Trump\u2019s objective, on-the-record negligence in the usual deafening crossfire. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 18 Mar. 2020"
],
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"\u02c8def-ni\u014b",
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"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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"agreement",
"bargain",
"compact",
"contract",
"convention",
"covenant",
"disposition",
"pact",
"settlement",
"understanding"
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"a good deal faster"
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],
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],
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],
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],
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"tried to figure out her deal"
],
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"It's your deal ."
],
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"The book deals with education.",
"a lawyer who deals with real estate law"
],
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"Deal the cards."
],
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"your turn to deal"
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"a judge dealing out punishments"
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"trying to deal with her son's death"
],
": to sell or distribute something as a business":[
"deal in insurance"
],
": to take action with regard to someone or something":[
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"Who's going to deal with this mess"
],
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],
": treatment received":[
"a dirty deal"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"It's your turn to deal .",
"Each player is dealt five cards.",
"She was dealt a full house.",
"dealing out the cards for a game of poker",
"The offending players were dealt harsh penalties.",
"She got caught dealing drugs in school."
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English deel , from Old English d\u01e3l ; akin to Old English d\u0101l division, portion, Old High German teil part":"Noun , Verb, and Noun",
"Middle English dele , from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, plank; akin to Old High German dili plank \u2014 more at thill":"Noun"
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"\u02c8d\u0113l"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for deal Verb distribute , dispense , divide , deal , dole out mean to give out, usually in shares, to each member of a group. distribute implies an apportioning by separation of something into parts, units, or amounts. distributed food to the needy dispense suggests the giving of a carefully weighed or measured portion to each of a group according to due or need. dispensed wisdom to the students divide stresses the separation of a whole into parts and implies that the parts are equal. three charitable groups divided the proceeds deal emphasizes the allotment of something piece by piece. deal out equipment and supplies dole out implies a carefully measured portion of something that is often in short supply. doled out what little food there was",
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"trade",
"traffic"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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": to buy and sell (something) as a business":[
"He deals in rare books."
],
": to include (someone) in a card game":[
"\"Do you want to play cards with us"
],
": to use or be involved in (something)":[
"tales dealing in myth and mystery",
"We don't deal in rumor or gossip."
]
},
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"She's still trying to deal with his death.",
"The weather is bad, but we'll just have to deal with it."
],
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"The film deals with some serious issues."
],
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"The government dealt harshly with the rebels.",
"I'll deal with you later.",
"We weren't able/equipped/prepared to deal with such a large crowd of people."
],
": to make business agreements with (someone)":[
"He deals fairly with all his customers.",
"Their salespeople are very easy to deal with ."
]
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"phrasal verb"
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"He dealt his enemy a mighty blow .",
"\u2014 usually used figuratively The factory closing will deal a serious/severe/devastating/crushing blow to the town's economy. Her career as an ice skater was dealt a fatal blow when she broke her leg."
]
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": the cone of the white pine or of the fir":[]
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"deal entry 4":""
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"noun"
]
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"agreement",
"bargain",
"compact",
"contract",
"convention",
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"disposition",
"pact",
"settlement",
"understanding"
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],
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"It's your deal ."
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"a judge dealing out punishments"
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"trying to deal with her son's death"
],
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"Who's going to deal with this mess"
],
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],
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"a dirty deal"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"It's your turn to deal .",
"Each player is dealt five cards.",
"She was dealt a full house.",
"dealing out the cards for a game of poker",
"The offending players were dealt harsh penalties.",
"She got caught dealing drugs in school."
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b":"Verb"
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"Middle English deel , from Old English d\u01e3l ; akin to Old English d\u0101l division, portion, Old High German teil part":"Noun , Verb, and Noun",
"Middle English dele , from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, plank; akin to Old High German dili plank \u2014 more at thill":"Noun"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for deal Verb distribute , dispense , divide , deal , dole out mean to give out, usually in shares, to each member of a group. distribute implies an apportioning by separation of something into parts, units, or amounts. distributed food to the needy dispense suggests the giving of a carefully weighed or measured portion to each of a group according to due or need. dispensed wisdom to the students divide stresses the separation of a whole into parts and implies that the parts are equal. three charitable groups divided the proceeds deal emphasizes the allotment of something piece by piece. deal out equipment and supplies dole out implies a carefully measured portion of something that is often in short supply. doled out what little food there was",
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"trade",
"traffic"
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"verb"
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": friendly or business interactions":[],
": method of business : manner of conduct":[]
},
"examples":[
"There were reports of shady dealings between the two sides.",
"He has a reputation for fair dealing .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tinsley is wise to the two-way street connecting drug dealing and hip-hop \u2014 each a means of moving up in the world, one much more dangerous than the other. \u2014 Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"But struggling to make ends meet as a DJ, Grayson turned to low-level drug dealing and robbery and was eventually arrested for possession with intent to sell in 1989. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Some addiction medicine experts and providers have expressed concerns about concentrating treatment programs in environments with drug dealing and use on the streets. \u2014 Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Institutional systems are rarely, if ever, held accountable for the death dealing of Black girls and women. \u2014 Essence , 31 May 2022",
"There is business to be done, production and distribution deals to be made, and this year that sort of wheeling dealing has been as full throttle as Top Gun\u2019s elite fighter jets. \u2014 Dana Thomas, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"Prostitution and drug dealing are part of the daily grind, and Melchor paints a hellscape of distrust, venality, private aggressions, and general grimness. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"Investigations by Spanish and Swiss prosecutors into Juan Carlos' dealing have since been shelved. \u2014 Ashifa Kassam, ajc , 26 Apr. 2022",
"That, more than all the drug dealing said to take place, is the business world that produces many of these rappers. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8d\u0113-li\u014b"
],
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"synonyms":[
"commerce",
"interaction",
"intercourse",
"relation"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043943",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dear":{
"antonyms":[
"beloved",
"darling",
"flame",
"hon",
"honey",
"love",
"squeeze",
"sweet",
"sweetheart",
"sweetie",
"sweetie pie",
"truelove"
],
"definitions":{
": a lovable person":[
"Be a dear and get me a drink."
],
": a loved one : sweetheart":[
"How was your day, dear "
],
": affectionate , fond":[],
": dearly sense 1":[
"so dear I loved the man",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": dearly sense 3":[
"the effort cost them dear"
],
": heartfelt":[
"our dearest prayers"
],
": high or exorbitant in price : expensive":[
"eggs are very dear just now"
],
": highly valued : precious":[
"a dear friend",
"Our friendship is very dear to me.",
"ran for dear life",
"\u2014 often used in a salutation dear Sir"
],
": noble":[],
": severe , sore":[
"in our dear peril",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Be a dear and take this for me."
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1694, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Adjective"
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"Middle English dere , from Old English d\u0113or \u2014 see dear entry 1":"Adjective",
"Middle English dere , from Old English d\u0113ore ; akin to Old High German tiuri distinguished, costly":"Adjective , Adverb, Noun, and Interjection"
},
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"\u02c8dir"
],
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"big-ticket",
"costly",
"expensive",
"extravagant",
"high",
"high-end",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"priceless",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"ultraexpensive",
"valuable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045230",
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"adverb",
"interjection",
"noun"
]
},
"dearth":{
"antonyms":[
"abundance",
"adequacy",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenty",
"sufficiency",
"wealth"
],
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": an inadequate supply : lack":[
"a dearth of evidence"
]
},
"examples":[
"It may also be a respite for booksellers, who have been grumbling for several years about sluggish sales and a dearth of dependable blockbuster fiction. \u2014 Julie Bosman , New York Times , 19 Oct. 2006",
"\u2026 Earnhardt has recently hinted that a company-wide dearth of talent is the core reason his Chevy simply isn't as fast in 2005 as it's been in the past. \u2014 Lars Anderson , Sports Illustrated , 11 Apr. 2006",
"AirNet, which hauls bank checks and other time-critical freight, used to require that its pilots have at least 1,200 hours of flight experience. Then, faced with a dearth of experienced applicants, it dropped the requirement to 500 hours. Now, it has no minimum. \u2014 Scott McCartney , Wall Street Journal , 10 Aug. 2000",
"there was a dearth of usable firewood at the campsite",
"the dearth of salesclerks at the shoe store annoyed us",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are the familiar culprits: a dearth of rainfall made worse by climate change; conflict; disease; the coronavirus pandemic; and even locust infestations. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Mass vaccination sites have closed, especially affecting low-income and rural regions, where there\u2019s a dearth of medical centers and pharmacies. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 June 2022",
"However, after a dearth of economic data last week, markets will see a deluge this week. \u2014 Jj Kinahan, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Schulman agrees, noting a dearth of support for lesbian writers in particular. \u2014 Amelia Abraham, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
"Such consequences include a dearth of employment opportunities and restrictions on travel, Benca said. \u2014 Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online , 24 June 2022",
"The turquoise day bed was pretty, but there was a hodgepodge of furniture that didn\u2019t really go together and a dearth of accessories. \u2014 Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Airlines cited poor weather and the combination of their own staffing shortages and a dearth of air-traffic controllers. \u2014 Doug Cameron, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Election experts say the lackluster participation by Californians stems from a dearth of excitement over this year\u2019s contests, which largely lack competitive races at the top of the ticket. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English derthe , from Old English *dierth , from d\u0113ore dear":""
},
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"\u02c8d\u0259rth"
],
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"crunch",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"drought",
"drouth",
"failure",
"famine",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"lack",
"lacuna",
"paucity",
"pinch",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164453",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"death":{
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
],
"definitions":{
": a cause of ruin":[
"the slander that was death to my character",
"\u2014 Wilkie Collins",
"The drought was death to the farm."
],
": a permanent cessation of all vital (see vital sense 2a ) functions : the end of life":[
"The cause of death has not been determined.",
"managed to escape death",
"prisoners were put to death",
"death threats"
],
": an instance of dying":[
"a disease causing many deaths",
"lived there until her death"
],
": beyond endurance : excessively":[
"bored to death",
"scared to death of spiders",
"I am sick to death of hearing your excuses.",
"Most high rollers prefer Atlantic City and Las Vegas, where they are comped to death and have more diversions.",
"\u2014 William G. Flanagan et al."
],
": civil death":[],
": close to death : critically ill":[],
": extinction":[
"the death of the dinosaurs"
],
": slaughter":[
"death and destruction"
],
": the cause or occasion of loss of life":[
"drinking was the death of him"
],
": the destroyer of life represented usually as a skeleton with a scythe":[
"when death comes to take me away"
],
": the lie of life in matter : that which is unreal and untrue":[],
": the passing or destruction of something inanimate":[
"the death of vaudeville"
],
": the state of being no longer alive : the state of being dead":[],
"\u2014 compare brain death":[
"The cause of death has not been determined.",
"managed to escape death",
"prisoners were put to death",
"death threats"
]
},
"examples":[
"birth, life, and eventual death",
"The newspaper did not report the cause of death .",
"People around the world mourned his death .",
"The accident resulted in two deaths .",
"The number of deaths from cancer is rising.",
"He died a violent death .",
"There has been a death in the family .",
"The general met his death on the battlefield.",
"the death of a marriage",
"Death could be seen lurking in the corner of the painting.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Authorities believe their disappearance may be connected to the death of an adult man earlier in the day. \u2014 CBS News , 2 July 2022",
"Turkel completed his memoir, The Misery of Success, just before his death , and his family plans to publish it later this year. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
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"The Presbyterian Church was also instrumental in bringing members of the Democratic Progressive Party into power, said Jufang Tseng, dean of the School of Theology at Charisma University, an online institution based in the Turks and Caicos Islands. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, ajc , 19 May 2022",
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"Mushrooms such as the death cap defend themselves with deadly poisons. \u2014 Gareth Cook, Scientific American , 24 June 2020",
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"Meyer, 22, of Newbury Park, California, was on the dean's list at Stanford University, majoring in international relations. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Anna Boggs, a Sophomore Business Administration major from Slidell, was among approximately 900 Bob Jones University students named to the Fall 2020 dean's list for earning a 3-3.74 GPA during the semester. \u2014 Staff Report, NOLA.com , 25 Jan. 2021",
"Alex Lasry graduated cum laude from UPenn, Tate noted, and was on the dean's list twice. \u2014 Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Mary Elliott, also of Covington, was named to the dean's list for maintaining very good grades. \u2014 Staff Report, NOLA.com , 1 Feb. 2021",
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"In 1544, the Italian botanist and physician Pietro Mattioli was the first to formally classify the plant, likening it to a cross between mandrake and deadly nightshade \u2014both poisonous. \u2014 Francesco Lastrucci, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Feb. 2021",
"The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced a crackdown on four homeopathic companies selling injectable products said to contain highly toxic substances, including lead, mercury, deadly nightshade , and strychnine. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 16 June 2020",
"Some toxic plants, like hemlock and deadly nightshade , can be mistaken for edible doppelg\u00e4ngers. \u2014 Time , 7 Nov. 2019",
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"Crucially, the mutations that had broken these genes could in principle be fixed with an adenine deaminase that worked on DNA. \u2014 The Economist , 26 Oct. 2017",
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"In the past week, rangers identified Henderson\u2019s shooting star, California manroot, California poppy, Fremont\u2019s death camas , Pacific hounds\u2019 tongue, warrior\u2019s plume and Tomcat clover. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2021"
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"Yoni Nova Kusumawan, had to rely on dead reckoning \u2014using the STS-50\u2019s trackline and rate of speed to estimate where and when to intercept it. \u2014 Tristram Korten, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Aug. 2020",
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"Known as dead reckoning , the system didn't use satellites. \u2014 Larry Printz, Ars Technica , 24 June 2020",
"Developed in California by Stan Honey and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, this aftermarket automotive navigation system also operated on dead reckoning by comparing a car\u2019s location to points on a map. \u2014 Larry Printz, Ars Technica , 24 June 2020",
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"Allen was too inaccurate in college, a deadly sin that rarely improves, the thinking went. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Allen was too inaccurate in college, a deadly sin that rarely improves, the thinking went. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Allen was too inaccurate in college, a deadly sin that rarely improves, the thinking went. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Allen was too inaccurate in college, a deadly sin that rarely improves, the thinking went. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Allen was too inaccurate in college, a deadly sin that rarely improves, the thinking went. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Allen was too inaccurate in college, a deadly sin that rarely improves, the thinking went. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Allen was too inaccurate in college, a deadly sin that rarely improves, the thinking went. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Allen was too inaccurate in college, a deadly sin that rarely improves, the thinking went. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 29 Sep. 2021"
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"Not only did the band founded in 1984 by Max and Iggor Cavalera raise the profile of Brazil, where the brothers were born, but those albums continue to influence thrash and death metal . \u2014 Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"Trevor Strnad, founding lead vocalist of the melodic death metal band the Black Dahlia Murder, has died at the age of 41. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 11 May 2022",
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"His attorney found out on April 25, just two days before his death warrant was signed by a Cobb County judge. \u2014 Shaddi Abusaid, ajc , 19 May 2022",
"The exhibition features books and manuscripts with royal provenance, including the Bible used at Elizabeth II\u2019s 1953 coronation and a 1572 death warrant signed by Elizabeth I. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Yet more embarrassing for the club than the 1-0 defeat to the La Liga new boys, who signed Ronald Koeman's death warrant with an identical win in the Spanish capital Madrid in the autumn, have been images of Pedri and Fati taking in the game. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"But the issuance of Moore's death warrant , initially planned to be carried out April 29, has renewed interest in how a state puts in motion its plans to shoot an inmate to death. \u2014 Meg Kinnard, ajc , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Gonzalez's second term ends in 2024 and anyone who takes his place would have the ability to reinstate the death warrant . \u2014 Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Senator Joe Manchin has already put his name on its death warrant . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The prison warden read aloud the death warrant , then asked whether there were any final words. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
"With the death warrant expiring at midnight, the Supreme Court had six hours to decide Mr. Woods\u2019s fate. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Dec. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045215"
},
"death wish":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the conscious or unconscious desire for the death of oneself or of another":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Have you seen the way she drives? She must have a death wish .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That will to negate, to kick at society\u2019s glass jaw and not call it a tantrum, changed when the romantic death wish became actual death, and Gunn had to see that beloved figure, dead on the kitchen floor, over and over again. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"The Irishman has been calling out UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman as of late, which seems like a death wish . \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Outlook: Scott has 11 freshmen on the roster, which seems like a death wish in an era of no-sit transfers. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Dec. 2021",
"If the answer is yes, liberalism would seem to have a death wish . \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 29 Sep. 2021",
"On May 29th, the second day of no-hiking conditions, one of the various weather reports indicated that, at around 9 p.m., a two-to-four-hour window might open during which a hike could qualify as a risk rather than as a death wish . \u2014 Heidi Julavit, The New Yorker , 16 Aug. 2021",
"When your choices are to go on a death wish of a mission or die, someone will always die, one way or another. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Somehow, Statham rallied the lightness to discuss being a softie father to real son Jack, 3, (with model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) and granting Post Malone's onscreen death wish . \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 6 May 2021",
"Freud, in particular, showered Western letters with now common phrases: repression, death wish , slip of the tongue, denial, transference. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1856, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045754"
}
}
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