lethal force
Force causing death
Lethal force is violence intended or likely to cause death.
The term appears most often in legal and policy contexts governing when police or military may kill: Officers are authorized to use lethal force only when lives are in imminent danger.
Distinguished from non-lethal or less-lethal force, which aims to subdue without killing.
- police brutalityUnjustified force by officers
- self-defenseProtecting oneself from harm
- shotQuick liquor serving
- point blankAt very close range
- firearmsWeapons using explosive propulsion
deadly weapon · moral injury · proportionality · threat assessment · death · body count · collateral damage · armed conflict · justifiable homicide · necessity · explosives · rules of engagement · imminence · chemical agents · castle doctrine · war crimes · hostage situations · drones
- Police Forcetasers, pepper spray, batons, handcuffs, rubber bullets
- self-defenseself-defense, martial arts, self-protection, karate, pepper spray
- War Ethicsjust war, rules of war, rules of engagement, Geneva Conventions, Geneva Convention
- killingshomicide, murder for hire, manslaughter, killing, assassination
lethal forcerestraint
Control over impulses
pain compliance · physical presence · warning shots · de-escalation techniques
lethal forcepeaceful resolution
Conflict ended without violence
negotiation · de-escalation · diplomatic solution · crisis intervention · mediation
lethal forceprotective custody
Confinement for someone's safety
rescue · preservation of life · medical intervention · harm reduction · mercy
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