Dead and Going

Dead

Dead adjective - No longer living.
Usage example: I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather

Going is an antonym for dead.

Nearby Word: deadly

Going

Going adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: he just can't keep his small bookstore going

Dead is an antonym for going.

Nearby Word: go

Both words in one sentence

  • Missing Mom 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
  • Literature / Diario de un Zombi Not So Stoic: Paula, whenever it seems Erico is dead or going to die.
  • The comic adds in Unicron, Back from the Dead and going all Omnicidal Maniac once again.
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