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  • noun Plural form of flatliner.

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Examples

  • They studied 52 'flatliners' - people who were resuscitated after their heart stopped.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • They studied 52 'flatliners' - people who were resuscitated after their heart stopped.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • It later emerged the work had been used to create pills dubbed "flatliners", which were linked with at least six deaths.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • MTA or "flatliners" used a blueprint published by the professor and was sold as a "legal high", drugs which mimic the effects of illegal substances.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • In a league run by dynamic owners like Jerry Jones in Dallas, Daniel Snyder in Washington and Robert Kraft in New England, the Bears are financial flatliners.

    How The Chicago Bears Fumbled Away A Fortune 2010

  • In a league run by dynamic owners like Jerry Jones in Dallas, Daniel Snyder in Washington and Robert Kraft in New England, the Bears are financial flatliners.

    How The Chicago Bears Fumbled Away A Fortune 2010

  • In a league run by dynamic owners like Jerry Jones in Dallas, Daniel Snyder in Washington and Robert Kraft in New England, the Bears are financial flatliners.

    How The Chicago Bears Fumbled Away A Fortune 2010

  • Did you ever see the movie flatliners with Kiefer Sutherland, that is a pretty fair representation of bullying for boys.

    Bully 4U juliette 2009

  • Sort of personality flatliners, I guess you could call them.

    CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2008 2008

  • BOSTON Groping for some way to avoid becoming flatliners and at least provide their home fans a smidgeon of conviviality, not to mention salvage some semblance of storied franchise pride, the Boston Celtics 'mission Monday night in Game 4 of this Eastern Conference semifinal series was simple: Win or be gone.

    USATODAY.com - Nets finish off Celtics in two overtimes 2003

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