non-fataladjective
uk/ˌnɒnˈfeɪ.təl/us/ˌnɑːnˈfeɪ.t̬əl/formalA non-fatal illness, injury, or accident does not cause death:
The infection is usually non-fatal if the patient gets treatment right away.
a non-fatal shooting/stabbing/heart attack
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Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- decimation
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- killer
- life-threatening
- malignant
- mortally
- put sth down 1
- shooting
- slaughterhouse
- suicide
- terminal
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