Dead
Dead adjective - No longer living.
Usage example: I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather
Nearby Word: deadly
Going
Going adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: he just can't keep his small bookstore going
Nearby Word: go
Both words in one sentence
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Sho Shan Y La Dama Oscura In the trilogy, if that mom was a Good Mother, she's probably dead or going to die in some point of the story.
Source: Missing Mom -
Not So Stoic: Paula, whenever it seems Erico is dead or going to die.
Source: Literature / Diario de un Zombi - The comic adds in Unicron, Back from the Dead and going all Omnicidal Maniac once again.
Source: Big Bad Ensemble
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