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• s  causing or capable of causing death
  a deadly enemy
• s  of an instrument of certain death
  deadly poisons
• s  extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
• s  involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
  the seven deadly sins
• s  exceedingly harmful
• s  (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
• r  as if dead
• r  (used as intensives) extremely
  deadly dull
  deadly earnest

• In March the Vatican updated the traditional seven deadly sins with seven new social sins, to bring the list into line with the temptations of the modern world.
• With the federal election only three weeks away, a deadly Afghan air strike ordered by German troops has pushed Germany's military mission to the forefront of the campaign, forcing .
• Some remain, like leftover land mines, as a deadly postwar risk to civilians.

• deathly
• mortal
• lethal
• venomous
• virulent
• baneful
• pernicious
• pestilent
• lifelessly
• madly
• insanely
• deucedly
• devilishly

News & Articles

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• Deadly Okla. tornado widest on record, rare EF5
  The deadly tornado that struck near Oklahoma City late last week had a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles with winds reaching 295 mph. It was the second top-of-the-scale EF5 twister to hit the area in less than two weeks, the National Weather Service reported Tuesday.
  June 12, 2013 - FOX 5 Washington D.C.
• Deadly wreck blocks traffic on I-85
  Southbound traffic on Interstate 85 was blocked near Shorter as authorities investigated a deadly wreck involving two semitrailers and a third vehicle.
  June 12, 2013 - Erie Times-News
• Deadly explosion near U.S. Embassy in Kabul
  KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – A headline that’s all too common in Kabul, Afghanistan: a deadly attack outside the Supreme Court. A suicide car bomber struck, killing a reported 17 people, and injuring about 40 others. The courthouse is on a busy …
  June 12, 2013 - CW39 NewsFix

Quotes

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• TJ Bonner in Bay Area Indymedia
  Bonner said that the alleged rock throwing "is a deadly force encounter, one that justifies the use of deadly force."
• Barack Obama in AFP
  We've known for years, even decades, about the harmful, addictive, and often deadly effects of tobacco products. Each year, Americans pay nearly 100 billion dollars in added health care costs due to smoking,Obama told reporters at the White...
• Ryan Crocker in 940 News
  US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said the bombings showed that a resilient al-Qaida has "found a different, deadly way" to try to destabilize Iraq.