deadly

• Our Lord is the enemy of the deadly, and therefore of "him that had the power of death--that is, the devil And in this holy ministry of destruction He can defend my soul as "one who knows," Himself "having been tempted." —  My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
• Lawrence, all health and strength, with the warm light glancing on the thick waves of his hair, and deepening the ruddy brown of his complexion, while the glow scarcely served to tint the pale face lying on his breast--deadly white, save for the two red spots on the sunken checks--or the hair hanging in loose lank threads. —  Wikkey A Scrap
• To be always tired-- deadly, hopelessly tired--takes the spirit out of one No one should go on being too tired. —  The Lady of the Basement Flat
• In addition to the weapons themselves, there was a cavity beneath the tray in which they rested, fitted up to contain exactly one hundred rounds of ammunition, and it was this--deadly-looking, blunt-nosed bullets in brass cartridge-cases--that had made the parcel so heavy. —  A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas
• In less than a minute, so deadly was the wound, the Surawa rolled heavily to port, settled sluggishly on an even keel once more, and then suddenly heeled over again and capsized, her boilers exploding as she did so, and down she went, carrying with her over three hundred of Japan's bravest hearts Frobisher, emboldened by success, looked round for more prey. —  A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas

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