Lifeless and Slain

Lifeless

Lifeless adjective - No longer living.

Slain and lifeless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slain" instead an adjective "Lifeless".

Nearby Words: life, lifelessly

Slain

Slain adjective - Killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors".
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Lifeless and slain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lifeless" instead an adjective "Slain".

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  • Brown Note As Lucan wrote, "What though the Moor the Basilisk hath slain, and pinned him lifeless to the sandy plain, up through the spear the subtle venom flies; the hand imbibes it, and the victor dies."
    Source: Brown Note
  • Pyrrhic Victory Lucian described it thusly: "What though the Moor the Basilisk hath slain, and pinned him lifeless to the sandy plain, up through the spear the subtle venom flies; the hand imbibes it, and the victor dies."
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