clinically dead
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Ms Shaw said the family were "shell-shocked" when they were told the mother-of-three was "clinically dead" after medical tests.
From BBC • May 28, 2023
But 90 percent of the sea, which consists of heavy salty water streaming in from the Mediterranean, is clinically dead.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022
A guy who understands that the parties that have structured French public life since the end of the second world war are clinically dead, and that it is time to offer the French something new.
From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2017
When she reached the hospital, she had lost 75 percent of her blood and been clinically dead for 28 minutes.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2015
After a monkey was clinically dead, it was opened up by Captain Steve Denny.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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