I have followed with almost as much concern the lacklustre response of governments to this lethal threat.

Those sudden unexpected appearances in the penalty box made him a lethal threat to opposing defences.

The principal deterrent may not be the hybrid collectif, however, but the alarming and lethal threat of criminal violence.

Lethal threats arrive in many forms: windstorms, ice storms, lightning strikes, wildfires, droughts, floods, a host of constantly evolving diseases, swarms of voracious insects.