What do you mean by deadly?
Table of Contents
- 1 What do you mean by deadly?
- 2 Which means causing death or deadly?
- 3 What is the definition of a deadly virus?
- 4 What does Deadly mean in Australia?
- 5 What classifies a disease as deadly?
- 6 What’s another way of saying cause of death?
- 7 What is the opposite of being serious?
- 8 What qualifies as a deadly disease?
What do you mean by deadly?
1 : likely to cause or capable of producing death deadly poison. 2a : aiming to kill or destroy : implacable a deadly enemy. b : highly effective a deadly exposé c : unerring a deadly marksman.
Which means causing death or deadly?
Fatal
Fatal literally means deadly—capable of causing death.
What does deadly serious mean?
Definition. The phrase dead serious is an idiomatic expression that means one is absolutely serious and is not joking.
What is the definition of a deadly virus?
If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone’s death, or has already caused someone’s death. […]
What does Deadly mean in Australia?
‘Deadly’ is an Aboriginal English word for ‘fantastic’, ‘great’ or ‘awesome’.
What word type is deadly?
Explanation: If “deadly” describes a noun, then it’s an adjective. If “deadly” describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, then it’s an adverb.
What classifies a disease as deadly?
If someone’s diagnosed with a deadly disease, it’s lethal — it’s capable of ending the person’s life. When you hear someone talk about police officers using “deadly force,” they mean actions that intended to cause death, or understood to be capable of killing someone.
What’s another way of saying cause of death?
What is another word for cause of death?
| killer | plague |
|---|---|
| contagion | epidemic |
| menace | outbreak |
| pandemic | deadly illness |
| Black Death | fatal illness |
What means get off the ground?
Definition of get off the ground 1 : to begin to operate or proceed in a successful way The project never really got off the ground. 2 : to cause (something) to begin to operate or proceed in a successful way We’re still trying to get this project off the ground.
What is the opposite of being serious?
serious. Antonyms: volatile, gay, thoughtless, careless, joking, jocose, insignificant, unimportant, trifling, trivial, light. Synonyms: grave, thoughtful, careful, earnest, solemn, important, weighty.
What qualifies as a deadly disease?
Is more deadly correct?
More deadly and deadliest are the usual forms. You can also use most deadly. He was charged with possession of a deadly weapon. The cobra is one of the world’s deadliest snakes.