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lethality|liːˈθælɪtɪ| [f. lethal a. + -ity. Cf. F. léthalité.] The condition or quality of being lethal; ability to cause death; deadliness; pl. (? nonce-use) lethal agencies. Also fig.
1656Blount Glossogr., Lethality, mortality, frailty. 1735J. Atkins Voy. Guinea (1737) 104 The certain Punishment being preferable to the doubtful Lethality of the Fetish. 1890Sat. Rev. 22 Nov. 595/1 Why a person surnamed ‘Deathless’..should have succumbed to such commonplace lethalities as a horse's hoof and Prince Ivan's club we know not. 1912Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. CCII. 2 The lethality of the venom was determined for frogs, rabbits,..and pigeons. 1930G. Blake Press & Public 20 Mr. Baldwin..has lately discovered for himself the dread lethality of the powers I have described. 1953Sci. News XXVIII. 18 Myxomatosis in the European rabbits is unique in its very high lethality. 1957Times 26 Apr., Our early missiles will carry high-explosive warheads. Their lethality will be high. 1958‘P. Bryant’ Two Hours to Doom 81 The radioactive cloud..would retain its lethality for hundreds of years. 1973D. Jordan Nile Green xxviii. 125 Significant strides have been made in the past two decades on the lethality of conventional and nuclear warheads. |