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Sense: Verb: stay behind

Synonyms:

stay , stay behind, stay put (informal), linger, hang back, stick around (informal)

Sense: Verb: endure

Synonyms:

endure , continue , last , live on, go on, persist, hold up, abide , stick around (informal), carry on, keep on, keep up

Antonyms:

cease , stop , die out, be no longer, disappear , decline , expire , wilt, fade , give up, surrender

Sense: Verb: be left

Synonyms:

be left, be left over, stand , survive , be left standing (informal)

Antonyms:

elapse, run out, be used up, peter out, dwindle , discontinue, perish, die

Sense: Noun: dead body - plural

Synonyms:

body , dead body, corpse , carcass, mortal remains, bones, cadaver, ashes, relics, stiff (slang)

Sense: Noun: ruins - plural

Synonyms:

ruins, debris , rubble , wreckage , wreck , ashes

Sense: Noun: remainder - plural

Synonyms:

remainder , remnants, rest , odds and ends, leftovers, residue, dregs, scraps

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