Definition of deadly

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Deadly (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies..

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Deathly :: Deathly (a.) Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.
Baleful :: Baleful (a.) Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.
Mortal :: Mortal (a.) Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin..
Poison :: Poison (n.) Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases..
Deathlike :: Deathlike (a.) Deadly.
Nux Vomica :: Nux vomica () The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons..
Death's-herb :: Death's-herb (n.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
Belladonna :: Belladonna (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade..
Deadly :: Deadly (adv.) Extremely.
Deadly :: Deadly (adv.) In a manner to occasion death; mortally.
Hydra-tainted :: Hydra-tainted (a.) Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly.
Fatiferous :: Fatiferous (a.) Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive.
Feud :: Feud (n.) A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Bringing death; deadly.
Ophiophagus :: Ophiophagus (n.) A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on other snakes. Ophiophagus elaps is said to be the largest and most deadly of poisonous snakes..
Dwale :: Dwale (a.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities..
Deadly :: Deadly (adv.) In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death..
Fatal :: Fatal (a.) Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error..
Lethal :: Lethal (a.) Deadly; mortal; fatal.
Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..
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