living death (noun)

1. The main character in the movie experienced a living death after losing his family in a tragic accident.

2. The haunted house held a captive spirit, forcing its inhabitants to live a life of living death.

3. In the comic series, the superhero battles an evil villain who has the power to inflict a living death upon his victims.

4. In the magical realm, there exists a curse that can trap individuals in a perpetual state of living death, neither alive nor dead.