Deceased and Slain

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Deceased adjective - No longer living.

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Slain and deceased are semantically related. in perished topic. In some cases you can use "Slain" instead an adjective "Deceased".

Nearby Words: decease, deceasing

Slain adjective - Killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors".

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Deceased and slain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deceased" instead an adjective "Slain".

Back from the Dead: When Shakti escapes the Abyss, Lolth sends the soul of a deceased priestess with her to be resurrected as proof that Shakti bears Lolth's favor: Quenthel Baenre, who was previously slain by Drizzt Do'Urden in The Legend of Drizzt.

Source: Literature / Starlight And Shadows
Lampshaded in a dramatic way when a very young (a few dozen days old) Roxas ask Xibar the classical infant-question, where the hearts belonging to the deceased of the slain Heartless go.

Source: Deader Than Dead
The Reveal: Adam turns out to be Re, Ra's brother who has been cursed to live forever for the crimes he has committed against his family unless he is slain by someone of his own blood, and seeks to end his life by using his deceased brother for this purpose.

Source: Film / The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

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