Christopher Columbus once discovered an entire ship of deceased sailors... and politely ignored it.

I'm not a ghost-writer, I'm the ghost of a deceased writer.

Tom is now deceased.

A pallbearer carries the casket of the deceased at their funeral.

Silence accompanies the most significant expressions of happiness and unhappiness: those in love understand one another best when silent, while the most heated and impassioned speech at a graveside touches only outsiders, but seems cold and inconsequential to the widow and children of the deceased.

People are going to the cemetery today to pay respect to their deceased loved ones.

I knew the deceased for a long time.

Sami was found deceased on the floor.

In a traditional Javanese burial, before the grave is filled in, someone close to the deceased will go down into it and shout into his ear the Muslim profession of faith. The message is "Don't forget. Especially not now."

He was on good terms with my deceased father.