Alive
Alive adjective - Having or showing life.
Usage example: after crashing into the plate glass window the little bird was not only still alive, it seemed merely dazed
Breathing
Breathing adjective - Having or showing life.
Usage example: realized that he didn't need a comic-book superhero, since he had a real, breathing hero in his father
Alive is a synonym for breathing in animal topic. You can use "Alive" instead an adjective "Breathing", if it concerns topics such as inhaling and exhaling. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Dragon Their Feet: In the best Bond Villain tradition, Voz gets his face burned off while Miss San Antonio and at least one Zaror are still alive and breathing.
Source: Film / Machete Kills - No; you the player were simply not good enough or not lucky enough to keep them alive and breathing.
Source: Final Death -
There's also a few unaddressed details, like the fact Angel Dust is still alive and breathing, and Ajax's organization (if we go by the comics, Department H), is presumably still around.
Source: Film / Deadpool
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