as in death
the state of being dead
the sheer deadness of the corpse was the creepiest thing about it
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Recent Examples of deadness
But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability.
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Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadness
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The Little Rock man who, police say, crashed while fleeing from an Arkansas State Police trooper last week now faces first-degree murder counts in the death of two teenage passengers, authorities said Wednesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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In short, at the heart within the kernel of concern for memory is a concern for death.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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And yet Maram wanted to be there—to stand with her family members in those first fragile moments of quiet, to celebrate our survival and mourn our dead.—
Mosab Abu Toha,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Four people were arrested in Conway on Tuesday in relation to a Saturday shooting that left a 17-year-old dead, a news release from Conway police says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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According to Borne, their outing aspired to highlight ongoing research into why babies are born prematurely, as premature birth is the leading cause of childhood mortality worldwide, and to accelerate advancements for safer pregnancies and healthier births.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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Three years after a 2004 earthquake in Japan, mortality from heart attacks was found to be fourteen per cent higher than pre-quake.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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The killer also served as inspiration for Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and led to a number of copycat attacks after he was known to kill women, wear their skins and dig up graves.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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Others say prayers and place flowers at Elvis’ grave in the Meditation Garden, on the south side of the mansion, where Elvis is interred along with several family members, including his daughter and only child, Lisa Marie Presley, who died in 2023.—
John Beifuss,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Deadness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadness. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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