Lethal and Vicious

Lethal

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

Vicious and lethal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vicious" instead an adjective "Lethal".

Nearby Word: lethality

Vicious

Vicious adjective - Extreme in degree, power, or effect.

Lethal and vicious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lethal" instead an adjective "Vicious".

Nearby Word: viciously

Both words in one sentence

  • The best remembered example nowadays is probably psychotic blond South African diplomat, murderer and smuggler Arjen Rudd in Lethal Weapon 2, and his similarly pasty and vicious mooks.
  • Death World It's filled with tons of vicious aliens- Runners are fast and lethal, Bursters are even faster and explode when killed, and Hunters are heavily armored and burrow underground to evade attacks.
    Source: Death World
  • Theatre / Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Events show that while Martha can be vicious, George is lethal.
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