Dead
Muted
Muted adjective - Mostly or entirely without sound.
Both words in one sentence
- LaRone instinctively wrests it away, the officer pulls out a holdout blaster, there is a "soft flash, a muted blast" — and the officer falls dead.
Source: Bullet Holes and Revelations -
Granted, the shirts that the locals wear tend to be of higher qualitynote A dead giveaway being a pocket that blends in with the surrounding pattern and with generally darker, more muted patterns.
Source: Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist -
The previously muted voice activates and begins its warning speech in otherwise dead silence.
Source: Critical Annoyance
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Muted and Dead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/muted
Dead & Muted. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/muted>.
Muted or Dead. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/muted.
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