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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are really dead" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the finality or certainty of someone's death or the state of something being non-functional or obsolete.
Example: "After the last storm, the plants in the garden are really dead and need to be replaced."
Alternatives: "are truly dead" or "are completely dead".
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"They are really dead".
None of them are really dead: that's the conundrum.
Pollution in our rivers has reached a point where the rivers are really dead – they cannot support any living species.
She told a reporter, "I want to see for myself that my parents are not there, that my parents are really dead.
This is one of the most terrifying scenes I can think of, particularly since there is some doubt as to whether the bats are really dead.
"We need to have convincing proof that they are really dead and we also need information on what happened to their assets.
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"He's really dead," I say.
Ward confirmed that Callum is really dead in an interview.
"But your mother is really dead?" Mo nodded.
I needed to know if Frisco was really dead.
He had Donna check that she was really dead.
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