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brain dead

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Adj.1.brain dead - having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram; "was declared brain dead"
dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"


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Sheldon Reece of Fort Worth, Texas, either can't see well at night, or he could be termed illiterate, brain dead, or fearless.
He was warned by Williamsen, Kurt / The New American
Often with suicidal gun shots to the brain, when the neurosurgeon evaluates the patient's condition, either the patient is brain dead or the damage caused by the bullet traversing a critical part of the brain is so severe that it makes it impossible to consider any surgery.
Loving life while accepting death by Palavali, Vivekanand / The Humanist
A pregnant woman was considered brain dead Sunday at a Los Angeles hospital after being shot in the head by gunmen, one of whom was killed by police while the other got away, police said.
BRIEFLY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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