lethality

Example Sentences

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"This strain has a very high lethality rate which can reach 50 percent."

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Or, it would be if we didn’t have so many cringe-inducing comments from Hegseth, such as: “maximum lethality, not tepid legality.”

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

On March 2, 2026, after bragging about the awe-inspiring lethality of U.S.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

This type of vulnerability is known as synthetic lethality, a principle already used in several targeted cancer treatments.

From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025

In other words, modern non-nuclear precision weapons perhaps could produce effects against enemy targets roughly comparable to the military lethality of theater-level nuclear weapons.

From Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance by Wade, James P.