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Yes, dead is playable

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"Dead" Definition

noun

One who has died: respect for the dead.
The period exhibiting the greatest degree of intensity: the dead of winter; the dead of night.
The state of being dead .
The time of greatest quiet .
One that is dead .

adverb

Absolutely; altogether: You can be dead sure of my innocence.
Suddenly: She stopped dead on the stairway.
Suddenly and completely .

adjective

Complete; utter: dead silence.
Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet: a dead town.
Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.
Exact; unerring. the dead center of a target.
Having grown cold; having been extinguished: dead coals; a dead flame.

idiom

Dead and buried No longer in use or under consideration: All past animosities are dead and buried now.
Dead in the water Unable to function or move: The crippled ship was dead in the water. With no leadership, the project was dead in the water.
Dead to rights In the very act of making an error or committing a crime: The police caught the thief dead to rights with my silverware.

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