Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being lethal; deadliness.
  • noun Mortality.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being lethal; mortality.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the fact of something being lethal; the ability of something to kill
  • noun the rate of death of organisms exposed to something

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of being deadly

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Examples

  • "Most any rifle or shotgun will outperform a bow in lethality by an extremely large margin in my opinion",

    Two Shotguns Equal One Bow? 2009

  • Most any rifle or shotgun will outperform a bow in lethality by an extremely large margin in my opinion, thus I have given up bowhunting for good and will stick to my guns.

    Two Shotguns Equal One Bow? 2009

  • If you run a bullet or an arrow through the chest of any animal and it goes through both lungs or the heart, there is zero difference in lethality!

    Two Shotguns Equal One Bow? 2009

  • "Most any rifle or shotgun will outperform a bow in lethality by an extremely large margin in my opinion",

    Two Shotguns Equal One Bow? 2009

  • If you run a bullet or an arrow through the chest of any animal and it goes through both lungs or the heart, there is zero difference in lethality!

    Two Shotguns Equal One Bow? 2009

  • As you pointed out, the extra lethality is not required!

    what is the biggest rifle load you would use on whitetails? 2009

  • As you pointed out, the extra lethality is not required!

    what is the biggest rifle load you would use on whitetails? 2009

  • While I have no issue with a hunter using his 7mm Magnum or even his .300 Magnum (of whatever type) to take his deer, I believe there is no difference in lethality between those rounds and a well-aimed accurate handloaded 7x57 Mauser (with any of the bullets and powder load mentioned above) out to 300+ yards on a heart-lung shot.

    what is the biggest rifle load you would use on whitetails? 2009

  • While I have no issue with a hunter using his 7mm Magnum or even his .300 Magnum (of whatever type) to take his deer, I believe there is no difference in lethality between those rounds and a well-aimed accurate handloaded 7x57 Mauser (with any of the bullets and powder load mentioned above) out to 300+ yards on a heart-lung shot.

    what is the biggest rifle load you would use on whitetails? 2009

  • Most any rifle or shotgun will outperform a bow in lethality by an extremely large margin in my opinion, thus I have given up bowhunting for good and will stick to my guns.

    Two Shotguns Equal One Bow? 2009

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