deceased
IPA: dɪsˈist
noun
- A dead person.
- (law) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
adjective
- No longer alive; dead.
- Belonging to the dead.
- (law) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, "the deceased" refers to the victim of a homicide.
- (hyperbolic) Overwhelmed to the point of being figuratively dead.
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Examples of "deceased" in Sentences
- The man is deceased.
- Some of the deceased were meritorious soldiers.
- Disparaging the deceased is still disparagement.
- The ghost retained the personality of the deceased.
- Unethical treatment of the deceased is unacceptable.
- Crematoria were constructed to dispose of the deceased.
- There should be sentiments for the kindred of the deceased.
- It is assigned for the grandson of the deceased maternal grandfather.
- The contents of the betel pouch of the deceased were eaten after his death.
- Staff Sgt. DECEASED -- "deceased is being described as a Vietnam POW" 03/17/2005
- “The deceased is identified as the culprit and must have had the condition of excited delirium.”
- States, where I have read that the body of the deceased is still oiled with a fragrant oil and censed.
- Okay, so passionately kissing the dearly deceased is creepy as all get out, but what about Bill Hader swapping spit with a dog?
- Marsden's character, a seventh-grade teacher engaged to the niece of the deceased, is nervous about encountering his future father-in-law.
- It seems the deceased is the brother of Raymond Barnette, local undertaker and a candidate for sheriff, who wants to keep any hint of kinkiness out of the minds of the God-fearing populace.
- Anna-Maria learns who the deceased is and her connections as a superstar employee at Kallis Mining, an international company with incredible connections at the top of Sweden, Europe and beyond.
- The graves with headstones have been easier to verify because officials can use the name to pull the paperwork, which consists of a record of interment, a gravesite card that details where in the cemetery the deceased is buried, and an intake form used for scheduling funerals.