Deadly and Killer

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Deadly adjective - Likely to cause or capable of causing death.

Usage example: the doctors were alarmed about the outbreak of the deadly new virus

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Killer and deadly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Killer" instead the word "Deadly" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Word: dead

Killer adjective - Likely to cause or capable of causing death.

Usage example: killer viruses that claimed millions of lives

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Deadly and killer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deadly" instead an adjective "Killer".

Nearby Words: kill, killing, killed

In the Sherlock Holmes fic The Ghost Map, Holmes shoots himself in the shoulder to frame a Serial Killer/Deadly Doctor and get him convicted in court.

Source: Wounded Gazelle Gambit
The non-Japanese title to the game, referring to the fact that the coffee tells York the initials of the killer, hence, a deadly premonition.

Source: Videogame / Deadly Premonition
One of the better ones is Blood Chronicles, the story of how Twilight managed to get herself into the mysterious realm...along with a Serial-Killer Killer and Deadly Doctor.

Source: Fanfic Recs / My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Crossover

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