The phrase "a dead car" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a vehicle that is no longer operational or functioning.
Example: "After the accident, the mechanic declared it a dead car, and it would cost more to repair than to replace."
Alternatives: "non-functional vehicle" or "inoperable car".
It soaked two men trying to revive a dead car in the parking lot and caused the gray afternoon to sag like a stray plastic bag catching the runoff.
In Border Patrol parlance, a dead car and a dead migrant are the same thing -- a "10-7" -- but Mr. Stroud said he had never gotten used to the loss of life.
So I envision the happy day when one can revive a dead car battery by urinating on it, shed a few tears on a dead cellphone or spit on a dead iPod.
He hesitated until she mentioned a repair she needed a loose tread on the front steps, a faulty light switch, a bad circuit breaker, a dead car battery simple things that Guy readily agreed to fix.
A Chebeague planning committee has recommended that junked cars there be drained of fluids to avoid polluting the groundwater; Mr. Enders, an environmental analyst, has similar worries about Peaks, where islanders often find it easier to keep a dead car on a lawn or in the road than to arrange for its disposal.
In a nervous rush, you skip breakfast, scramble to locate your keys, and head out only to find torrential rain... and a dead car battery.
"You too can have a dead cat crashed car crazy parents and annihilated town.
Farmer was arrested that October after police saw him sleeping in a car with a dead cat inside.
You can push or drag the dead car into a garage to restore its functionality.
An auto junkyard in Mont Alto, Pa., is a dramatic contrast, with a maggotlike swarm of dead cars forming what looks like a giant lesion on a desolate patch of brown earth.
With 480 volts, a near-dead car can be recharged in the time it takes to shop for organic peanut butter.
