(simile) Unquestionably dead. Used for both inanimate objects and once living beings.

A human skull, as symbol of death. / A kind of hawk moth with pale markings on the back of the thorax somewhat like a skull.

A place that sells items, especially cars.

(fiction, usually with the) The undead; zombies, vampires, etc.

Existing in stasis, without meaningful activity or development.

(law) A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.

Resembling or characteristic of death. / (obsolete) Deadly.

A vigil beside a dying person / One who guards a condemned person before execution. / A deathwatch beetle.

The quality of having great value or price.

(literally) Until death occurs; so as to cause or result in death. / (degree, idiomatic, hyperbolic) To a great degree; to the greatest degree possible, to excess.