Exanimate (Adjective)
Meaning
Deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The emergency responders pronounced the exanimate body and immediately began to secure the scene for further investigation.
- As she lay on the floor, the paramedics couldn't help but stare at her exanimate face, still and expressionless.
- After weeks of fighting a terminal illness, the old man's exanimate body finally succumbed to the ravages of time and disease.
- Detectives worked to piece together the events leading up to the discovery of the exanimate body, a victim of a tragic and senseless crime.
- Rescuers had given up all hope of finding anyone alive, only discovering the exanimate bodies of the ill-fated climbers the next morning.