nonfatal
/ (ˌnɒnˈfeɪtəl) /
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adjective
not resulting in or capable of causing death
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How to use nonfatal in a sentence
More than 8,000 white Americans had to be treated for nonfatal gun injuries in 2008.
Those nonfatal injuries, however visible, are battle scars that veterans must live with for the rest of their lives.
Army Vet: Government and the Country Need to Support Vets in War and in Peace|Lee W. Berry IV|March 1, 2012|DAILY BEASTApoplexy may be termed a general paralysis, and in nonfatal attacks is a frequent cause of the various forms of palsy.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse|United States Department of Agriculture