He and his business would be dead in the water.

All of them were dead in less than five minutes.

And how easy to be dead in such a period.

But I might have been dead in six months, even less.

We were dead in the water for about six or seven minutes.

He had been found dead in a room at his home.

Our guy gave him the line about the family'd be dead in a couple hours if we didn't find out where they were.

Some do believe him dead in the attack, but not a great many.

The man would be dead in a matter of minutes.

And yet they were not dead in the real sense.