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- adjective
comparative form ofdeadly : moredeadly
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Examples
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Steve: I like your choice of the word deadlier for Hawk.
Appaloosa (2008) Steven Barnes 2009
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He has an “assistant” of sorts thats actually much creepier and deadlier, which is good because he gets most of the bad-guy screen time.
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The more closely volcanoes, Western rivers, nitroglycerin, and boys are pent, the deadlier is their action at the point of outbreak.
Penrod 1914
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The more closely volcanoes, Western rivers, nitroglycerin, and boys are pent, the deadlier is their action at the point of outbreak.
Penrod Booth Tarkington 1907
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Pyongyang, though, disputes the border and has repeatedly warned that it would strike back with "an unpredictable, self-defensive blow" that would be "deadlier" than its response to the artillery drills on November 23rd.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Pyongyang, though, disputes the border and has repeatedly warned that it would strike back with "an unpredictable, self-defensive blow" that would be "deadlier" than its response to the artillery drills on November 23rd.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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John Ryan Recabar warns that there are deadlier diseases than A (H1N1):
Global Voices in English » Philippines: A(H1N1) panic continues to grow 2009
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There are 5 more deadlier diseases that are more virulent and have a better chance of killing you.
Global Voices in English » Influenza A(H1N1) cases in Southeast Asia 2009
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The spread of fear, paranoia and panic is way deadlier than any pathogenic virus.
Global Voices in English » Philippines: A(H1N1) panic continues to grow 2009
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The human lexicon of myths repeatedly chronicles mankinds run-ins with the deadlier forces of nature.
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