Alive
Alive adjective - Having or showing life.
Questioning and alive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Questioning" instead an adjective "Alive".
Questioning
Questioning adjective - Inclined to doubt or question claims.
Alive and questioning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alive" instead an adjective "Questioning".
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- Tino often tries to avoid getting a parental lecture by commenting on the food instead with comments questioning the ingredients and sometimes even implying that the food is alive.
Source: Lethal Chef / Western Animation - In the second, Tony the Talking Clock yells at the puppets until their ears bleed and rots them alive for questioning whether time is real.
Source: Karma Houdini / Web Original - The Duke is killed, and all his assassins are dispatched by the angry guards, ignoring Giovanni's pleas to leave some alive for questioning.
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