Bloody
Lethal
Lethal adjective - Likely to cause or capable of causing death.
Usage example: we were lucky that the snake's venom wasn't lethal, and our friend turned out to be all right
Bloody and lethal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bloody" instead an adjective "Lethal".
Nearby Word: lethality
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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That and a cut that just went through fat was impressively bloody and brutal looking without being lethal.
Source: Acrofatic - A robot will guard its own existence with lethal antipersonnel weaponry, because a robot is bloody expensive.
Source: Three-Laws Compliant -
Bloody Murder: According to good ol' Grant, I've spent so much time taking my own baaaaaaad drugs that my blood itself is a lethal venom!
Source: Self Demonstrating / The Joker
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Lethal and Bloody. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bloody/lethal
Bloody & Lethal. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bloody/lethal>.
Lethal or Bloody. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bloody/lethal.
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