presumed dead

idiom

: believed to be dead

After the earthquake several people were missing and presumed dead.

Examples of presumed dead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Four men who were filling potholes on the bridge at the time of its collapse fell into the water, and are presumed dead. —Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024

Rescuers had pulled out two additional workers, but the six were presumed dead after an hours-long search. —USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024

Two were rescued, and the remaining six were presumed dead the next day. —Louis Casiano, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024

The bodies of two of the missing workers have since been recovered, while four remain unaccounted for and are presumed dead, officials said. —Aisha Frazier, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2024

Two other construction workers were injured, and four others are currently unaccounted for and are presumed dead. —Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024

Heretofore, authorities’ principal efforts at the site appeared involved with clearing the wreckage as well as searching for the remains of those workers still missing and presumed dead. —Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024

Eight decades after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the body of one soldier who was presumed dead has finally been identified. —Mansee Khurana, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024

Two workers survived, two bodies were found in a submerged pickup, and four more men are presumed dead. —TIME, 1 Apr. 2024