death-dealing

adjective

1. fatal; lethal

Example Sentences

Saul Bellow noted Mr. McCarthy’s “absolutely overpowering use of language, his life-giving and death-dealing sentences.”

From New York Times

The ideological and structural conditions that both nourish and legitimate it must be revealed both in terms of their connections to power and in the systemic unmasking of those who benefit from such death-dealing conditions.

From Salon

Later in 2023, the full-blown “John Wick” cinematic universe will unfold further with the spin-off “Ballerina,” starring Ana de Armas as a death-dealing dancer.

From Los Angeles Times

What I'm also waiting for is an "I was wrong" from both Democratic and Republican politicians in Washington who, year after year, support ever more outlandish military budgets, despite so many other existential crises in our country and on the planet, despite the death-dealing costs of war to the servicemembers Americans claim to highly esteem, and despite the fact that our violence abroad simply hasn't worked.

From Salon

But other veterans of past administrations expressed concern that such exchanges, especially one that seems on its face to be as imbalanced as swapping a death-dealing arms merchant for an athlete who may have vaped, would only encourage the imprisonment of more Americans who could be used as hostages.

From New York Times

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