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'deadly' in a sentence

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deadly adjective

: causing or capable of causing death

: of an instrument of certain death

: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death

: exceedingly harmful

: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

deadly adverb

: as if dead

: (used as intensives) excessively


  • Lust is one of the seven deadly sins.
  • Too much sodium can be deadly.
  • The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.
  • Rabies is the deadliest disease on earth.
  • Tigers can be a deadly threat.
  • It's a deadly poison.
  • This spider is a deadly animal.
  • Use of deadly force has been authorized.
  • Snowflakes are tiny, but in large numbers can be deadly.
  • He fell a victim to a deadly disease.
  • The typhoon last week was extremely deadly.
  • All the most deadly poisons were in her laboratory.
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