back from the dead
- resurrectionRevival from death
- zombieReanimated dead body
- revivedRestored to consciousness
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- risenMoved upward already
reborn · miracle · Lazarus · ghost · revival · afterlife · phoenix · reanimated · awakened · return · grave · tomb · corpse · supernatural · immortal · second chance · haunting · necromancy
- soap operassoap opera, telenovela, melodrama, cliffhanger, amnesia
life/death status
back from the deaddead and buried
Entirely finished, past recovery
gone for good · dead and gone · dead as a doornail · six feet under · departed
revival/decline trajectory
back from the deaddown for the count
Defeated beyond recovery
finished · dead in the water · washed up · on the way out · fading away
permanence of end
back from the deadirreversible
Cannot be undone
final · permanent · irrecoverable · done for · sealed fate