Dead
Dead adjective - No longer living.
Worst case and dead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Worst case" instead an adjective "Dead".
Nearby Word: deadly
Worst case
Dead and worst case are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adjective phrase "Worst case".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Or, worst case scenario, the writer who uses this trope really does believe that one is better dead than disabled.
Source: Bury Your Disabled -
Inverted in Crysis2 where the main character has arguably the worst case of Cutscene Incompetence ever, with two scenes requiring a quick time event to revive the dead player character.
Source: Cutscene Power to the Max - In the Dungeons & Dragons Splat book Elder Evils, this is the most likely worst case scenario for Atropus, the World Born Dead.
Source: Apocalypse How / Class 6
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Dead & Worst case. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/worst_case>.
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