death-dealing
Causing mortal harm
Death-dealing describes something that causes or is capable of causing death: a death-dealing blow, death-dealing weapons.
The compound is literary and somewhat old-fashioned, appearing more often in dramatic narration than everyday speech.
It emphasizes lethal power or fatal consequences.
Causing death or ruin
- mortalSubject to death
- killerOne who causes death
- murderousInclined to kill
- toxicCapable of causing harm
venomous · poisonous · destructive · virulent · malignant · noxious · pernicious · baneful
Showing no clemency
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- savageFierce and untamed
remorseless · unsparing · cruel · relentless · unrelenting · callous · inhuman · heartless
fatal
Causing death or ruin
toxic · venomous · poisonous · destructive · virulent · malignant · noxious · pernicious · baneful · terminal
merciless
Showing no clemency
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
savage · remorseless · unsparing · cruel · relentless · unrelenting · callous · inhuman · heartless · implacable
death-dealinglife-giving
Sustaining or restoring vitality
life-affirming · life-saving · vivifying · generative · animating
death-dealinghealing
Restoration of health
curative · therapeutic · restorative · salutary · beneficial
death, deal, dealing, dead, deadly, deathly, deaths, deadliness, deals