Dead and On target

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Dead adjective - No longer living.

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On target and dead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "On target" instead an adjective "Dead".

Nearby Word: deadly

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Dead and on target are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adjective phrase "On target".

In the Hardy Boys spinoff series, The Hardy Boys Casefiles, the opening chapter of the first book Dead on Target has Joe's girlfriend Iola killed by a terrorist car bomb.

Source: Depending on the Writer
She shows up again in a later strip and is once again dead on target.

Source: The Cuckoolander Was Right
However, do not mention the fact that his girlfriend Iola was blown up in a car bomb by terrorists (which was the plot of the first book, Dead on Target.) Even Frank had to learn this the hard way.

Source: Beware The Nice Ones / Literature

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