deadliness

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The deadliness of the cobra's venom is well known to local farmers.

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

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.)

The deadliness of the cobra's venom is well known to local farmers.

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