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Synonyms for deadliest


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ded-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛd li

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Définition of deadliest

Origin :
  • Old English deadlic "mortal, subject to death," also "causing death;" see dead + -ly (1). Meaning "having the capacity to kill" is from late 14c. (Old English words for this included deaðbærlic, deaðberende).
  • adj causing end of life
  • adj ghostly
Example sentences :
  • After all, I was her only boy, and it was to war in its deadliest form that I was going.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • In an Italian town he is always at work, and always thumping in the deadliest manner.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Look at the tastes and habits of our age—the deadliest enemies of true religion!
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • If the cloud were no bigger than a man's hand, it was charged with deadliest lightning.
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • Could settle the deadliest quarrel in the country by crooking his little finger.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • A new menace to living organisms and this was the deadliest yet!
  • Extract from : « Watchbird » by Robert Sheckley
  • He knows the deadliest of all wearinesses—the weariness of the soul.
  • Extract from : « The New Society » by Walther Rathenau
  • Jose, he is my deadliest enemy; he is your enemy, too, the enemy of our glorious country.
  • Extract from : « A Prisoner of Morro » by Upton Sinclair
  • But it is in the tropical countries that their deadliest work is done.
  • Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) » by Various
  • For what else is fault-finding, intolerance and uncharitableness, but the deadliest poison?
  • Extract from : « 'Our guy' » by Mrs. E. E. Boyd

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