Defunct
Defunct adjective - No longer existing.
Past
Past adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Usage example: a past editor of the newspaper
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- I have written columns for SmashWrestling.com and the sadly defunct FuriousRage.com in the past, so I feel faintly justified in including the last name.
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She is actually a 19-year-old human, and all her stories about her "distant past" are either invented, romanticized, and/or refer to her defunct mother and grandmother, who both had the same name.
Source: Really 700 Years Old -
After disabling the light-sensitive trap, it's better to take the route that was open all the time than go past the now-defunct trap.
Source: Video Game / Tomb Raider III
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