unsurvivableadj.
/ˌʌnsəˈvʌɪvəbl/, U.S. /ˌənsərˈvaɪvəb(ə)l/ That cannot be survived; impossible to live through; fatal.In quot. 1839 in figurative context.
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deadlyc893
deathlyOE
deathfula1250
mortalc1390
capitalc1426
exitialc1475
fey1488
mortuala1500
perishinga1500
fatal?1518
ferial1528
mortiferousa1538
deadc1540
exitious?1545
deathlike1548
mortifying1555
starvingc1600
lethal1604
speedingc1604
vital1612
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lethiferous1651
mortific1651
mortifical1657
daggering1694
exitiose1727
fateful1764
kill-devil1831
unsurvivable1839
lethiferal1848
tachythanatous1860
1839 Times 7 Dec. 4/2 On Wednesday evening last, after the termination of many painful struggles and unsurvivable wounds, borne with Christian fortitude and resignation, the solemn public interment of the Voluntary Principle took place.
1904 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Times 29 Sept. The awful tragedy of the good ship Elvira J French, with the foundering of which in an unsurvivable gale seven members of the crew of nine lost their lives.
1978 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Dec. 1697/2 The problem of how to make the unsurvivable crash survivable remains. Any part of the interior may strike the occupants, and a wider use of energy-absorbing materials, including for side windows, is desirable.
2010 New Yorker 10 May 27/1 During the Cold War,..a full-tilt exchange of warheads would have been unsurvivable.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1839