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The period exhibiting the greatest degree of intensity: the dead of winter; the dead of night.
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The state of being dead .
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The time of greatest quiet .
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One that is dead .
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adverb
Absolutely; altogether: You can be dead sure of my innocence.
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Suddenly: She stopped dead on the stairway.
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Suddenly and completely .
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adjective
Complete; utter: dead silence.
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Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet: a dead town.
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Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.
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Exact; unerring. the dead center of a target.
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Having grown cold; having been extinguished: dead coals; a dead flame.
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idiom
Dead and buried No longer in use or under consideration: All past animosities are dead and buried now.
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Dead in the water Unable to function or move: The crippled ship was dead in the water. With no leadership, the project was dead in the water.
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Dead to rights In the very act of making an error or committing a crime: The police caught the thief dead to rights with my silverware.
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