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Definition of the living dead noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the living dead

noun
 
/ðə ˌlɪvɪŋ ˈded/
 
/ðə ˌlɪvɪŋ ˈded/
[plural]
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  1. (in stories) dead bodies that have been made partly alive again, so they can move and kill but not think for themselves synonym zombies
    • In the movie, London is overrun with the groaning, flesh-eating living dead.
    compare undead
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