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deadliness
This term describes the inherent capacity of a substance, weapon, or organism to cause fatality. It carries a clinical or objective tone, often used in scientific, forensic, or military contexts to quantify the lethal potential of a threat rather than the act of killing itself.
As an abstract quality, this noun is uncountable. It cannot be pluralized or counted as individual units; instead, it is measured in degrees of intensity, such as describing something as having extreme or moderate deadliness.
Meanings
Examples
The deadliness of the virus surprised the medical community.
I wonder about the deadliness of that ancient poison.
The deadliness of the weapon was well known among the soldiers.
Its deadliness is far greater than any known snake venom.
The assassin relied on the silent deadliness of his blade.
We must evaluate the deadliness of these chemical agents.
The sheer deadliness of the environment makes colonization impossible.
The sheer deadliness of the environment makes colonization impossible.
Is there any way to reduce the deadliness of this strain?