deadliness
Definition
- Noun:
- The quality of being deadly: The state or characteristic of being capable of causing death; lethality.
- Extreme seriousness or severity: The quality of being extremely dangerous or harmful, often with fatal potential.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The deadliness of the new virus strain alarmed health officials. (The extreme lethality of the new virus strain alarmed health officials.)
- Scientists are studying the deadliness of the snake's venom. (Scientists are studying the lethal quality of the snake's venom.)
- The report highlighted the deadliness of distracted driving. (The report highlighted the extreme danger and fatal potential of distracted driving.)
Advanced Usage
- "with deadliness": In a manner that is deadly or lethal.
- The assassin moved with silent deadliness. (The assassin moved in a silent, lethal manner.)
- Conceptual use describing abstract threats:
- The deadliness of his words lay in their absolute truth. (The severely damaging quality of his words was in their absolute truth.)
Variants and Related Words
- Deadly (adj): Causing or capable of causing death; extremely accurate or effective.
- a deadly weapon; a deadly aim
- Dead (adj): No longer alive.
- Lethality (n): The capacity to cause death; often used interchangeably with 'deadliness' in technical contexts.
Synonyms
- Lethality: The capacity to cause death.
- Fatality: The quality of causing death or disaster.
- Dangerousness: The state of being likely to cause harm or injury (less specific to death).
- Virulence: The severity or harmfulness of a disease or poison.
Antonyms
- Harmlessness: The quality of being not able or likely to cause harm.
- Safety: The condition of being protected from danger, risk, or injury.
- Innocuousness: The quality of being not harmful or offensive.
Related Phrases
- A matter of deadliness: An issue concerning the potential to cause death.
- Choosing the right antidote was a matter of deadliness. (Choosing the right antidote was an issue concerning lethal potential.)
Noun
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the quality of being deadly
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