For real
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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In the comics, Gitelman's physical body is killed, but lives on as a ghost in the Internet before being Killed Off for Real after being deleted from a Company mainframe.
Source: Technopath -
A similar example (Trauma Conga Line and all) is A Study in Regret, in which Watson is Killed Off for Real, leaving his wife and Inspector Lestrade as Holmes's only hope for freedom, as well as physical and spiritual healing.
Source: Love Hurts -
In Legacy of the Void, he is a Xel'naga who served Amon and was return back into the Void when his physical form was killed, where he was in charge of being warden to Ouros, before being slain for real.
Source: Mysterious Stranger
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Physical and For real. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/for_real/physical
For real & Physical. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/for_real/physical>.
Physical or For real. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/for_real/physical.
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