deadliness

ˈdɛdlɪnəs

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Definition of deadliness - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

lethality

Rare

the quality of causing death or harm

Rare

The deadliness of the poison was evident.

fatality

lethality

fatality rate

Rare

extent to which something can be fatal

Rare

Researchers studied the deadliness of the virus during the outbreak..

lethality

mortality

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Origin of deadliness

Old English, dead (deprived of life) + -ness (state)

Terms with deadliness included in their meaning

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fatality

deadliness

the quality of being able to cause death

toxicity

medical

grave harmfulness or deadliness

lethality

deadliness

ability to cause death

Examples of deadliness in a sentence

Experts discussed the deadliness of the new weapon.
The deadliness of the disease was alarming.
They underestimated the deadliness of the poison.

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French:létalité, ...
German:Tödlichkeit, ...
Italian:letalità, ...
Spanish:letalidad, ...
Portuguese:letalidade, ...
Chinese:致命性, 死亡率, ...
Japanese:致死性, 致死率, ...
Arabic:فَتْك, خطورة قاتلة, ...
Hebrew:קְטָלָנִיּוּת, רֶצַחָנִיּוּת, ...
Russian:смертоносность, смертность, ...
Ukrainian:смертельність, смертність, ...
Hindi:घातकता, मृत्यु दर, ...
Bengali:মারণক্ষমতা, প্রাণঘাতীতা, ...
Catalan:letalitat, ...
Czech:letalita, ...
Danish:dødelighed, letalitet, ...
Dutch:dodelijkheid, sterftecijfer, ...
Greek:θνησιμότητα, θανατηφόρος, ...
Hungarian:halálosság, letalitás, ...
Khmer:ភាពសាហាវ, កម្រិតគ្រោះថ្នាក់ដល់ជីវិត, ...
Korean:치명성, 치사율, ...
Persian:کشندگی, مرگ و میر, ...
Polish:zabójczość, wskaźnik śmiertelności, ...
Portuguese (BR):letalidade, ...
Romanian:letalitate, ...
Swedish:dödlighet, dödlighetsgrad, ...
Thai:ความร้ายแรง, อัตราการเสียชีวิต, ...
Turkish:öldürücülük, ölüm oranı, ...
Vietnamese:tính chất gây chết người, tỷ lệ tử vong, ...

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