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单词 deadly
释义
deadly
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1adjadv 2adv

Something that's deadly can kill you. Because a gun can end someone's life, it's a deadly weapon.
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. You can also use the word to mean "extremely" or "very," as when you describe your math class as deadly boring.
WORD FAMILY
deadly: deadlier, deadliest, deadlily, deadliness+/dead: deaden, deader, deadest, deadly, deadness, deads/deaden: deadened, deadening, deadens/deadening: deadeningly, deadenings
USAGE EXAMPLES
Deadly riots the following year in China’s far west left authorities even more convinced that it was time to step up their controls over society.
The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017)
It was the deadliest prison riot in Brazil in years.
BBC(Jan 02, 2017)
China’s middle class is increasingly less tolerant of the deadly air, and in December tens of thousands of “smog refugees” decamped to clearer skies.
The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)
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1adj causing or capable of causing death
a deadly enemy
Syn
deathly, mortal
fatal
bringing death
2adj of an instrument of certain death
deadly poisons
Syn
lethal
fatal
bringing death
3adj exceedingly harmful
Syn
baneful, pernicious, pestilent
noxious
injurious to physical or mental health
4adj (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
Syn
virulent
infectious; having the ability to cause disease
5adj extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
Syn
venomous, virulent
toxic
of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
6adj involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
the seven deadly sins
Syn
mortal
unpardonable
not admitting of pardon
7adv as if dead
Syn
lifelessly
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adv (used as intensives) extremely
deadly dull
deadly earnest
Syn
deucedly, devilishly, insanely, madly
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