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Defunct

Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.

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Dead 84% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Dead 84% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Inoperative 84% connected

Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

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Inoperative 84% connected

Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

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Extinction 74% connected

The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

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Extinction 74% connected

The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

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Autumn years noun · 78% connection

(literary) the later years of one's life, especially after one has finished their career.; "He spent his autumn years surrounded by fa…

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Azoic adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was…

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Beat verb · 78% connection

A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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Carcass noun · 78% connection

A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.

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Career noun · 78% connection

General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually appli…

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Crash course noun · 78% connection

a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency); "he took a crash course in Italian on his way…

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Crash program noun · 78% connection

a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency); "he took a crash course in Italian on his way…

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Crash programme noun · 78% connection

a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency); "he took a crash course in Italian on his way…

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Curtesy noun · 78% connection

the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by…

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Death duty noun · 78% connection

a tax on the estate of the deceased person

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Dirige noun · 78% connection

A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first wo…

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Education noun · 78% connection

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired;…

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End verb · 78% connection

To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

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Essay noun · 78% connection

A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essa…

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Existent adjective · 78% connection

being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people, not ghosts"; "a film b…

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Finished adjective · 78% connection

Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education.

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Hatchment noun · 78% connection

A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lo…

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