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

Israel’s military offensive has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were militants. —Imad Isseid and Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025

Remove the dead part of the cane, but leave the lower live part to bloom and fruit this summer. —Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025

What To Know In a Truth Social post, Trump ordered Hamas to release the remaining hostages captured in the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, and the bodies of the dead. —Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025

Some of the dead had been buried, but other bodies remained strewn on the ground, mangled and decomposing. —Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for the dead

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead