lethality
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- noun
- /lɛˈθælɪti/
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letalidad
- Doctors are studying the lethality of different bacterial infections to improve treatment.
- lethality assessment
- rate of lethality
- lethality of these attacks
So it it takes accidents and greatly enhances their lethality.
- So it it takes accidents and greatly enhances their lethality.
Examples
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In the course of its 20-year history, Hezbollah has amply demonstrated its hostility, its lethality, and its skill.
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Diagnosis of a disease with a high possibility of lethality would be concerning.
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Indeed, both the lethality of direct combat and its physical and intellectual demands have grown.
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It is the very lethality of this virus which is working for us here.
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In this study, being proactive through lethality and risk assessments was reportedly helpful.
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Administrative changes were reflected in increased agency use of lethality assessments and screening.
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But there is no correlation between the sophistication of military technology and the lethality of conflict.
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The lethality of modern war has emptied the combat zone, spreading combatants according to kill ranges.
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Defects in these processes might account for the early lethality observed in mouse embryos that lack these proteins.
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The lethality of the virus was a major concern during the outbreak.
Synonyms
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The fact that living things must die
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The ability of something to cause death
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Power to cause death or very serious harm
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A quality that makes something able to kill people or animals
Antonyms
How Deadly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lethality comes from the older word lethal, which is linked to the Greek river Lethe ('forgetfulness') and the idea of death, so the word grew to mean 'deadly'.