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EXANIMATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exanimate mean?
• EXANIMATE (adjective)
The adjective EXANIMATE has 1 sense:
1. deprived of life; no longer living
Familiarity information: EXANIMATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deprived of life; no longer living
Synonyms:
exanimate; lifeless
Context example:
a lifeless body
Similar:
dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)
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