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adjective • no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life • not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat noun • people who are no longer living • a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense adverb • completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers • quickly and without warning adjective satellite • very tired • unerringly accurate • physically inactive • (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive • devoid of physical sensation; numb • lacking acoustic resonance • not yielding a return • not circulating or flowing • not surviving in active use • lacking resilience or bounce • out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown • no longer having force or relevance • the complete stoppage of an action • drained of electric charge; discharged • devoid of activity | ||||||||
| 42% | 8 | Associated with the phrase 'dead as a doornail' | ||||||
noun • a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors | ||||||||
| 32% | 6 | More like a doornail? | ||||||
adjective • No longer living. • Figuratively, not alive; lacking life. • (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored. • Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole). • Without emotion. • Stationary; static. • Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat. • Unproductive. • (of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal. • (of a battery) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty. • Broken or inoperable. • No longer used or required. • Not imparting motion or power by design. • Not in play. • (of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke. • (1800s) Tagged out. • Full and complete. • Exact. • Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia). • Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless. • Bringing death; deadly. • Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property. • (often with "to") Indifferent to, no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc). noun • One who is deceased, or will shortly become so. | ||||||||
Like A Doornail Its Said Crossword Clue
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DEAD which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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Updated: October 11, 2023
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1 | Associated with the phrase 'dead as a doornail' | |
2 | Dead as a doornail | |
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11 Mar 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 11 Mar 2023 |
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08 Jan 1984 | New York Times / 08 Jan 1984 |
