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Old English
# dēad **Type:** Etymological root **Language:** Old English **Slug:** dead ## Words From This Root - dead - No longer alive. - deadliness - the quality of being capable of causing death - deadlock - a situation in which no progress can be made; a standstill - undead - dead yet still animate, as a zombie or vampire in fiction
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dead
A2
/dɛd/
No longer alive.
deadliness
C2+
/ˈdɛdlinəs/
the quality of being capable of causing death
deadlock
C2+
/ˈdɛdˌlɑk/
a situation in which no progress can be made; a standstill
undead
C2+
/ʌnˈdɛd/
dead yet still animate, as a zombie or vampire in fiction
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