Definition of dead to the world
informal
:sleeping very deeply
- You can't wake him up. He's dead to the world.
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dead
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: deprived of life : no longer alive
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: having the appearance of death : deathly
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: lacking power to move, feel, or respond : numb
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: someone who is no longer alive : one that is dead (see 1dead 1)
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: the state of being dead
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: the time of greatest quiet
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: absolutely, utterly
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: suddenly and completely
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: directly
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world
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: the earthly state of human existence
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: life after death
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: the earth with its inhabitants and all things upon it
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: of or relating to the world
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: extending or found throughout the world : worldwide
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: involving or applying to part of or the whole world
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