rises from the dead
Comes back alive
Rises from the dead describes returning to life after having died, most famously associated with Jesus Christ's resurrection in Christian theology.
The phrase appears in religious contexts but also extends to secular use for dramatic comebacks or revivals.
The team rose from the dead in the fourth quarter to win.
Something that rises from the dead may be a person, an idea, a career, or anything else that seemed finished but has unexpectedly revived.
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- resurrectionRevival from death
- reanimationRestoration of life
- returningGoing back to origin
- BalderScandinavian deity of radiance
come back to life · Persephone · revival · life after death · Lazarus · grave · Jesus Christ · Easter Sunday · Phoenix · Osiris · rebirth · Dionysus · miracle · resuscitate · near death experience · cheating death · rising · awakening
rises from the deaddies
Stops being alive
perishes · passes away · expires · succumbs · gives up the ghost
rises from the deaddecays
Deteriorates over time
decomposes · rots · withers away · fades · molders
rise, rises, riser, risers, uprisings, dead, deadly, deaden, deadens