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noun
Synonym of lethality.
The quality of being deadly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Synonym of lethality.
The degree to which a thing is deadly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Tedium, or the quality of being boring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: excessive, figuratively, uncountable, usually
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noun
the quality of being deadly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lethality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity
Narrower terms: fatality
History
From Middle English dedlinesse, deadlicnesse, from Old English dēadlīcnes, equivalent to deadly + -ness.
