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deadly English

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What does deadly mean?
Definitions in simple English

deadly

Something that is deadly can kill a person or thing. The poison is very deadly.

deadly

(= mortal) causing or capable of causing death a fatal accident a deadly enemy mortal combat a mortal illness (= lethal) of an instrument of certain death deadly poisons lethal weapon a lethal injection (= venomous, virulent) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom venomous snakes a virulent insect bite as if dead involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death the seven deadly sins (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect (= baneful) exceedingly harmful (= madly, insanely, deucedly) (used as intensives) extremely she was madly in love deadly dull deadly earnest deucedly clever insanely jealous

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Simple sentences

We have to abolish all nuclear weapons, because they are deadly to mankind.
He fell a victim to a deadly disease.
Smoking may be deadly.
He was dealt a deadly blow.
The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.
The young woman was fighting the deadly illness, her heart full of hope.
All the most deadly poisons were in her laboratory.
It's a deadly poison!
Life would be terribly monotonous and deadly boring if everyone felt, thought and spoke the same.
A film director should be very intelligent, but if possible, not an intellectual - for the intellectual is the deadly enemy of all performing arts.
Lust is one of the seven deadly sins.
Gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins.
What Tom thought was a harmless joke, soon became deadly serious.
Can you recite the names of the seven deadly sins according to the Christian religion?
She was deadly tired.
Envy is one of the seven deadly sins.
In my next life I want to be born as a deadly virus.
Use of deadly force has been authorized.
A stoat is as cute an animal as it is deadly.
The coronavirus is a deadly virus.

Movie subtitles

What was expected to be a peaceful demonstration amongst residents and law enforcement turned deadly when what was believed to be a home-grown militia opened fire.
Of Vampyres, terrible Phantomes and The Seven Deadly Sins.
Meanwhile, the deadly breath of Nosferatu filled the sails ofthe ship so that it flew toward its goal with supernatural speed.
The Seven Deadly Sins.
Even to this day I prefer to hunt with it. but alas, even that was too deadly.
Still living still holding that island in a grip of deadly fear.
Simply write that a cure for the world's most deadly disease was discovered!
Mr. President I accuse Colonel Dort of having been the diabolical agent of the affair and of continuing to defend his deadly work through three years of revolting machination.
A new and powerful tool appears, the Tommy a light, deadly, wasp-like machine gun and murder henceforth is parceled out in wholesale lots.
But when they took him to the last deadly tortures, it seemed as though his strength was failing.
But even Sumatra is dull, deadly dull without you.
Your chemicals may be deadly.
No, we're here to learn the facts, and they're deadly plain.
Well, of all the seven deadly sins, jealousy is the most deadly.
Along with its deadly cargo of micro-drones, he has steered the station away from its Earth orbit.
The weapon was thrown with so much force that it caused a deadly wound to the thorax.
The deadly hate of the enemy on poverty took Vasili away from you.
Deadly.
It was deadly at Zabel's, stifling.
Well, how nicely you've fixed the house up. It used to be deadly.
With that I will come with the key to a deadly sword to win gorynych snake!
I have some rather curious information that at regular intervals six Nazi bombing planes come over and drop their deadly cargoes on non-military objectives, a meadow or a sheep folk.
MIDNIGHT-- along deadly trails in the Heart of the Jungle.
Under Section 729 it's a felony to possess a deadly weapon.
McCloskey counters with a left jab trying to get set with that deadly right He lets it go and it lands on the point of Jerry Moore's chin.
Half Russian, half Rumanian, he was a man. of unusual and deadly charms.
Deadly tropical fever.
Lizzie's been half frightened out of her wits And Stella's been in deadly danger twice.
But I've learned since then it was also very deadly.
Oh, deadly, just deadly.

News and current affairs

America has now suffered around 30 shooting massacres over the past 30 years, including this year's deadly dozen; each is a gut-wrenching tragedy for many families.
Indeed, it is humbling to remember that some of history's most deadly invasions were carried out by single-cell organisms, such as cholera, bubonic plague, and tuberculosis.
Deadly mutations of any kind need to be identified urgently, so that an effective vaccine can be designed before the strain becomes comfortable in the human body.
This is why some 60 nations have joined the Proliferation Security Initiative in an effort to keep deadly weapons from dangerous regimes.
Complacency can be deadly.
A driver must constantly be aware of them - and of the potentially deadly perils they can conceal.
PRINCETON - The deadly outbreak of Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea that began last year highlighted a problem in the production of pharmaceuticals.
The world has known about the deadly nature of the Ebola virus since 1976; but, because its victims were poor, pharmaceutical companies had no incentive to develop a vaccine.
Depending on the outcome of the ongoing negotiations between SCAF and Morsi, the size of protests in Tahrir Square and elsewhere, and the degree of pressure from the international community, a deadly confrontation cannot be ruled out.
Alas, such commonplace language also makes wars harder to avoid, harder to end, and arguably more deadly.
Russia's security forces need to learn to be pro-active, because the terrorists consistently seek to perfect their deadly methods.
But one objective stood out as particularly cost-effective: tackling deadly preventable diseases.
Deadly serious.
A deadly civil war would surely ensue if the Palestinian Authority seeks to crush Palestinian militants at a time of relentless Israeli attacks and no tangible progress in the peace talks.
PARIS - It is facile to frame the deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo as an attack on freedom of expression.
His desperation mounting, Saleh has ordered deadly attacks on protesters, evidently believing that his considerable skill at political manipulation would see him through.
Given its close proximity to a deadly conflict in Syria and countries marked by extreme poverty, human-rights abuses, and weak or collapsed states and economies, the EU is inevitably a magnet for migrants and asylum-seekers.
Similarly, Europe's deadly heat waves in 2003 lead Gore to conclude that climate change will mean more fatalities.
In this area, more than in most, wishful thinking is a deadly mistake.
But federalism is not the reason why Sunni supremacists and Islamists launch deadly attacks.
West Africa is afflicted by a terrible outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, which will kill thousands of people.
Coincidentally, the deadly attack on Gaza came at the same time that a clutch of America's most distinguished would-be Middle East peacemakers published books about how the task should properly be tackled.

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