Dead
Slack
Slack adjective - Failing to give proper care and attention.
Both words in one sentence
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As their bodies twitch and then become slack and dead-eyed, Mega Man begs Bass to accept his Ultimate Program deep inside of him.
Source: Foe Yay / Video Games -
Again, It Makes Sense in Context: The endorsement only came after Islam's first engagements in warfare, with the result of many dead men; the idea was to pick up the slack and not leave a town full of widows.
Source: Useful Notes / Islam -
In Land of the Dead, when Charlie ominously aims his rifle at Slack's head and shoots, missing her head by barely an inch to hit the zombie that was sneaking up on her.
Source: Stab the Scorpion
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