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death squadded adj. Having drunk more than the party can conceal, arriving in a close formation to secure coats and transport. Farzona was death squadded with three friends, advancing on the cloakroom in determined silence. death stared adj. You have drunk enough to regard a minor disagreement with the solemn contempt of a courtroom verdict. Takeko became death stared when someone questioned her choice of crisps. death starred adj. You have drunk enough to regard the taxi queue as a hostile force capable of ending the evening's entire service. Brick was death starred and described the taxi rank as an existential threat to local transport. death sticked adj. You are drunk and treating a cigarette as essential equipment for surviving the walk home. Galylea was death sticked outside last orders, patting every pocket for a lighter. death taxed adj. Drunk enough to regard the inheritance as a taxable event, and to calculate the duty aloud. Tatsu got death taxed and apportioned the imaginary estate between three unwilling heirs. death threated adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a menacing declaration from an ordinary suggestion. Tolani became death threated and warned the coat stand about its continued employment. death throed (/ˈdɛθ θɹoʊd/) adj. Drunk beyond orderly movement, struggling through each simple task as though survival depended on it. Kathlene was death throed, wrestling with the zip of a coat for several minutes. death tolled adj. Drunk in a way that assigns a numerical casualty figure to every minor mishap. Yura was death tolled and counted the fallen crisps after the table was nudged. death trapped adj. Drunk in a way that makes the nearest chair, doorway, or taxi appear actively hazardous. Eviee became death trapped between the sofa and a decision to stand up. death warmed overed adj. Drunk, with the result that the complexion and general constitution suggest a person recently retrieved from illness. Jenis arrived death warmed overed, pale enough to concern the landlady. death warmed upped adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person pale, sickly and in need of warming up. Imogin was death warmed upped, declining the dance in favour of a chair near the radiator. death warranted adj. Drunk to the extent of issuing, with official gravity, an authorisation for one's own final punishment. Zimarion became death warranted and signed the pub bill as though approving a sentence. death whistled adj. Drunk on the strength of a shriek so human in character that antiquity would have found it ominous. Avyan got death whistled and produced a skull-like cry upon locating the lavatory. death wished adj. Drunk since last orders, and expressing a supposedly subconscious preference for one's own removal from proceedings. Terrah was death wished and described the staircase as an attractive final destination. death wobbled adj. Drunk by closing time, and subject to severe vibration whenever independent balance is attempted. Lajon was death wobbled, displaying alarming instability between the bar and the door. death zoned adj. Sufficiently drunk to inhabit an altitude at which ordinary breathing and social judgement fail. Phat was death zoned, pausing between sentences as though oxygen were rationed.