plural of dead-set

(idiomatic) Utterly dead.

Alternative spelling of deadborn

(US, idiomatic) With sufficient evidence to establish responsibility definitively.

(idiomatic) Something that discloses, usually unintentionally, a fact or an intention.

(medicine, law) In a state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.

(nautical) The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind.

(uncountable, idiomatic, management) Personnel no longer contributing to an organization. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, wood.

Very tired; completely exhausted.

An ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, developed from the earlier Coffin Texts.