Deadly and Offensive

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

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Offensive and deadly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Deadly".

Nearby Word: dead

Offensive adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

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Deadly and offensive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deadly" instead an adjective "Offensive".

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

Pelicans, despite being quite a deadly hunter, are usually not depicted as offensive in fiction, dedicating their beaks to hide and carry stuff.

Source: Beak Attack
Attack Reflector: The Jester Zombie can reflect all projectiles, making it incredibly deadly and necessitating the use of non-projectile offensive plants or instant-kill plants.

Source: Video Game / Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
Almost all of the original Dark Angel fandom ignores season 2 or rewrites that season's first episode to remove its most offensive plot device - the virus that makes Max deadly to Logan.

Source: Discontinuity / Live-Action TV

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