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nonfatal

/ ˌnɒnˈfeɪtəl /

adjective

  1. not resulting in or capable of causing death


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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.

Apoplexy may be termed a general paralysis, and in nonfatal attacks is a frequent cause of the various forms of palsy.

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