Dead and Headlong

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Dead adverb - In a direct line or course.

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Headlong and dead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Headlong" instead an adverb "Dead".

Nearby Word: deadly

Headlong adverb - With excessive or careless speed.

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Dead and headlong are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adverb "Headlong".

If you park a car in just the right way, a fleeing gazelle will charge headlong into it and collapse, dead, upon making good friends with the stationary bumper.

Source: Artificial Stupidity / First-Person Shooter
Beef Gate: Going immediately West of Scuttle Town in the beginning of the game will send you headlong into the game's naga enemies—who all have a ton of health, fairly quick movements, and a homing screech attack that can kill you dead even from a distance.

Source: Video Game / Shantae
Where the series really runs headlong into this trope is in the many, many random people around the cast who drop dead of various murder schemes, and their friends and family who may or may not have done it.

Source: Only Six Faces

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