death-dealing
Example Sentences
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Saul Bellow noted Mr. McCarthy’s “absolutely overpowering use of language, his life-giving and death-dealing sentences.”
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023
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 • Mar. 5, 2023
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 • Jan. 1, 2023
Apart from Muñiz, Canady and Polston, the other death-dealing justices were Alan Lawson, a Scott appointee; and John Couriel, named recently by DeSantis.
From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2020
If a huge skull and crossbones were suspended above the insecticide department the customer might at least enter it with the respect normally accorded death-dealing materials.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
