lethal
adjective
lethally
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a word derived from
lethal.
Example Sentences
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Although he comes across as lethally ineffective—desperation is not the way to please an audience—the movie positions his act as a hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Marc Cucurella's cross found Olmo in the box and he controlled it well to bypass a defender before finishing lethally in the fourth minute.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
"The air we breathe is lethally toxic," he wrote.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024
He has had great financial and critical success which is a lethally strong combination.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2023
The virus changed so as to kill fewer rabbits and to permit lethally infected ones to live longer before dying.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
