Nondeadly

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not deadly. not-comparable

    "Deputy Rackard’s lawyers, in an appeals court brief last year, said the use of “moderate nondeadly force in the face of spirited, though nonviolent, resistance was a reasonably proportionate response.”"

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"Deputy Rackard’s lawyers, in an appeals court brief last year, said the use of “moderate nondeadly force in the face of spirited, though nonviolent, resistance was a reasonably proportionate response.”"

Etymology

From non- + deadly.

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