Death-dealing

adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The causing of death; murder or killing. uncountable

    "Sad lays were sung about the beset king, the vicious raids and ravages of Grendel, [...] how he would never parley or make peace with any Dane nor stop his death-dealing nor pay the death-price."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing or inflicting death, or capable of doing so; lethal.

    "The country was at that time ruled by a death-dealing tyrant."

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"The country was at that time ruled by a death-dealing tyrant."

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