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comparative more lethal, superlative most lethal
Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal. quotations examples
Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
plural lethals
Any weapon that causes death. examples
(genetics) An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it. examples
uncountable
(chemistry) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. examples