Animate and Deceased

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Animate

Animate adjective - Having or showing life.
Usage example: had a dream about a sandwich that becomes animate
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Deceased is an antonym for animate.
Nearby Words: animated, animation, animal, animating, animator

Deceased

Deceased adjective - No longer living.
Usage example: the recently deceased tenant was found by a concerned neighbor
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Animate is an antonym for deceased.
Nearby Words: decease, deceasing
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  • Deceased Time Lords are used to animate the guards, their faces stuck in a perpetual scream.
    Source: And I Must Scream / Live-Action TV
  • "Groundhog Day" Loop Recently-deceased people being processed by Tru (a coroner's assistant) suddenly animate and ask for her help.
    Source: "Groundhog Day" Loop
  • Transformation of the Possessed This transforms the host's body into that of the deceased person's, killing the host in the process but allowing the body to become animate.
    Source: Transformation of the Possessed
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