Dead and Fiery

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Dead adjective - No longer living.

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Fiery is an antonym for dead.

Nearby Word: deadly

Fiery adjective - Being on fire.

Usage example: the fiery Yule log made a splendid backdrop for our holiday party

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Dead is an antonym for fiery.

In a possibly deliberate homage to this scene, Diamonds Are Forever has James Bond being left for dead in an incinerator only to escape a fiery end.

Source: Film / Our Man Flint
The Blacksmith Came Back Wrong: Hunter did... something to Vane that caused her to rise from the dead as a fiery, burning being.

Source: Webcomic / Next Town Over
In v4, some handlers have speculated that the STAR escape group did not die in a fiery boat explosion as the terrorists claim, but for now they're treated as dead by most people.

Source: He's Just Hiding

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