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Meaning of dead or alive | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Either dead or alive.
    not-comparable
  2. Used to indicate someone is being sought for some kind of punishment or reprimand, and that (s)he may be killed in the process of finding, as if this was reasonable punishment.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

العربية حَيّ أَوْ مَيِّت
Deutsch tot oder lebendig
Español vivo o muerto
Français mort ou vif
Magyar élve vagy halva
Íslenska lífs eða liðinn
Italiano vivo o morto
日本語 生死

Examples

“Wanted: dead or alive.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

dead pan dead set dead tired dead to the world dead tree dead wrong

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