the dead

noun

: the state of being dead

—usually used in the phrases rise from the dead or come back from the dead or return from the dead to mean to become alive again after dying

For a moment, I thought that my grandfather had come back from the dead.

They believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

Examples of the dead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The health authorities don’t distinguish between combatants and noncombatants but say at least two-thirds of the dead are children and women. —Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024

Birds of prey and other animals will dispose of the dead fish. —The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2024

In response, Israel has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to the local health ministry, which doesn't distinguish between combatants and non-combatants but says at least two-thirds of the dead are children and women. —Nick Perry, arkansasonline.com, 23 Apr. 2024

In response, Israel has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to the local health ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between combatants and non-combatants but says at least two-thirds of the dead are children and women. —Nick Perry, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024

The center’s partners at the California Academy of Sciences reported the dead whale floating off Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda the evening of Saturday, April 20, the center told McClatchy News in an email. —Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 22 Apr. 2024

Despite modest bilateral trade, China’s domestic economic boom indirectly helped bring civilian Soviet-era production back from the dead by lifting global demand and therefore prices for the industrial inputs the Soviet Union had produced in low quality but high quantity, from steel to fertilizer. —Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024

Brave and honorable to his core, Snow fought to save his family and the realm from the forces of evil, even rising from the dead to vanquish an evil zombie army. —Mike Miller, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2024

One tradition that is more palpable than ever is Eid’s custom of commemorating the dead. —Rob Picheta, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024