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Definition of Deathful
1. a. Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.
Definition of Deathful
1. Adjective. (archaic) Full of death or slaughter. ¹
2. Adjective. (archaic) Liable to undergo death. ¹
3. Adjective. Resembling death. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deathful
1. fatal [adj] - See also: fatal
Medical Definition of Deathful
1. 1. Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody. "These eyes behold The deathful scene." (Pope) 2. Liable to undergo death; mortal. "The deathless gods and deathful earth." (Chapman) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deathful
Literary usage of Deathful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... deadly conflict in arms, the deathful carnage, the fierce pursuit, nor the
triumphs of victory. The conquest achieved, the enemy driven out, ..."
2. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... Dismay Spread her cold wings, and shook his firm array; To flight she hurried;
while with brow serene The martial boy beheld the deathful scene. ..."
3. Beacon Search-lights on Pioneers and Millionaires by James Boyd Brady (1905)
"deathful World—Exchequers^ Exchange—Some Samples—Runs ... Of course you know that
in this deathful world some times violence, ..."
4. Tremadoc Sermons: Chiefly on the Spiritual Body, the Unseen World, and the by Horatio Nelson Grimley (1876)
"... THE deathful SLEEP. MATINS, FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT, 1874. " Now it is high
time to awake out of sleep."—ROM. xiii. 2. WHAT is the sleep which the ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Thou who, amidst the deathful field, By godlike chiefs alone ... Your cruelty
was such as you would spare his life for many deathful torments. .s'/r /'. ..."
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