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DEAD SOUL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is no longer alive

Example:

I wonder what the dead person would have done

Synonyms:

dead person; dead soul; deceased; deceased person; decedent; departed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("dead soul" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dead soul"):

infernal (an inhabitant of Hell)

living dead; zombi; zombie (a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force)

Instance hyponyms:

Lazarus (the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death)

Holonyms ("dead soul" is a member of...):

dead (people who are no longer living)

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