Dead and Senseless

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Dead adjective - Lacking in sensation or feeling.

Usage example: my foot was dead after I absentmindedly sat on it for an hour

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Senseless is a synonym for dead in indifferent topic. In some cases you can use "Senseless" instead the word "Dead" as an adjective or an adverb.

Nearby Word: deadly

Senseless adjective - Having lost consciousness.

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Dead is a synonym for senseless. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead the word "Senseless" as an adjective or an adverb.

Nearby Words: sense, senselessly

The ears are senseless that should give us hearing To tell him his commandment is fulfilled, That Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead.A 1966 play by Tom Stoppard.

Source: Theatre / Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
During Jack Noir's Jailbreak adventure, he conveniently "bes the other (dead) guy" while being beaten senseless by prison guards.

Source: Gory Discretion Shot
Not just a Finger Gun battle, it has Dual Wielding, frag grenades, gun jams, Big Nos, even a segue to classical music to pan over the "dead" and highlight the senseless waste of it all.

Source: Series / Spaced

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