Breathing and Defunct

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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

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Defunct is an antonym for breathing.

Nearby Words: breathe, breathless, breath, breather, breathed

Defunct adjective - No longer living.

Usage example: a defunct species that we know only through fossil remains

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Breathing is an antonym for defunct.

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