Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dead as a stone; lifeless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective As dead as a stone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective as lifeless as a stone
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Examples
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In truth, I suppose that my biggest objection to neo-defriending is that it takes all the joy out of bringing a stone-dead relationship to an end.
Why I Defriend the Old-Fashioned Way Joe Queenan 2011
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His voice died away in a whisper, his faint respirations became slower and slower, and at 12:15 he was to all appearances stone-dead.
Archive 2010-04-01 Johnny Pez 2010
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He is not like a living thing, but more like a little stone carving of a baby as you find in a church, placed beside his stone-dead mother.
The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010
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Indeed, they plausibly suggest it may kill the bid stone-dead.
If England do 'lose' the 2018 World Cup, it may be in a noble cause Simon Jenkins 2010
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Court proceedings, injunctions, they could snarl up any programming schedule; sometimes they killed a project stone-dead.
The Devil's Bedpost 2010
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His voice died away in a whisper, his faint respirations became slower and slower, and at 12:15 he was to all appearances stone-dead.
"The Moon Woman" by Minna Irving, part 1 Johnny Pez 2010
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He knew very well that an accident in the early stages would have turned them all against him, would have killed the weapon stone-dead in their minds.
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Agree with the others above that info-dumping kills any story stone-dead, especially if it comes at the start.
World Building: Geography Scott Parker 2009
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Surely such debate would only strengthen the acceptance of evolution amongst the populace and kill ID stone-dead, no?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The Google Lunar X Prize aims to do the same for Earth's nearest neighbor, transforming what has been a combination celestial junkyard and stone-dead nature preserve into a viable human frontier.
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