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pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
The children perished in the fire
She died from cancer
The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
The patient went peacefully
How To Use drop dead In A Sentence
- Drop dead gorgeous pictures, a text that's zippy and slick, fun voices, and lots of words like "crick", "crack", and "creak". Archive 2006-04-01
- I must say this is the first vacation I have never wanted to come back from, Hawai'i is drop dead gorgeous and I have been someplaces. Life on Uncle Merlin's Island
- The thing is reduced to a cruel mockery when stores and granaries are over-gorged, while people clamor in vain for clothing and food, and drop dead within reach of these prime elements of warmth and sustentation. Black and White
- The movie's a little bit like Happy, Texas or Drop Dead Gorgeous, and a little bit more like Clueless, right down to people uncomprehendingly parroting rude words in French - revealed in subtitles.
- Maybe "irritate" was actually "seizure" in Korea -- but seizures still don't make you drop dead though they can kill, it's a bit more complicated and you can generally survive until reaching a hospital. A Diagnosis For Online Gaming Syndrome
- Lead track off the debut EP from this drop dead cool New York five-piece.
- Drop Dead Diva, a light fantasy revolving around a demanding young actress who dies and returns to Earth in the body of a brilliant but "unpolished" attorney. Lifetime's New Slate for 2008-2009
- They tried to beg, but everyone else was hungry, and they would drop dead in the streets.
- his parting shot was `drop dead'
- Cara looked ready to drop dead on the spot, especially when Emil leaned over to inspect it.
