lethalness
lethalness noun: the state or quality of being lethal; lethality.
Noun
lethalness (countable and uncountable, plural lethalnesses)
- The state or quality of being lethal; lethality.
- In St. James's Street there used to be several shops which would sell you any form of lethalness, from a rook-rifle to an elephant-gun, with the greatest urbanity.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 151
- And a January 2020 Texas Department of Public Safety domestic terrorism threat assessment talked at length about incels, warning that “the violence demonstrated by Incels in the past decade, coupled with extremely violent online rhetoric, suggests this particular threat could soon match, or...2020 May 6, Jacob Ware, Bruce Hoffman and Ezra Shapiro, “Remembering Toronto: Two Years Later, Incel Terrorism Threat Lingers”, in Global Network on Extremism & Technology
Forms of lethalness
| plural | lethalnesses |
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Origin of lethalness
From lethal + -ness.
Questions about lethalness
- What does lethalness mean?
- Lethalness means the state or quality of being lethal; lethality.
- What part of speech is lethalness?
- Lethalness is a noun.
- What is the plural of lethalness?
- The plural of lethalness is lethalnesses.
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