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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