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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