lethality C1 Topic:Safety & Risk US /liˈθæləti/ UK /liːˈθæləti/ See IPA manual Freq #97104 Meanings 1 noun the capacity or quality of being able to cause death Protective equipment greatly reduced the lethality of the exposure. 2 noun the degree to which a disease, weapon, substance, or other agent is deadly Researchers compared the lethality of the virus across several age groups. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the capacity or quality of... deadlinesslethalness 2 noun · the degree to which a... fatality potential ↔ Opposites harmlessnesssafety Word family Derived forms colethalitycytolethalitynonlethality Related forms lethalmortalityfatality Etymology From lethal + -ity. Lethal comes from Latin letalis ("deadly"), related to letum ("death"); the noun can denote either deadly capacity or its measured degree. Topics Safety & Risk External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # lethality **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /liˈθæləti/ **IPA (UK):** /liːˈθæləti/ **Frequency rank:** 97104 ## Meanings 1. the capacity or quality of being able to cause death 2. the degree to which a disease, weapon, substance, or other agent is deadly ## Examples - Protective equipment greatly reduced the lethality of the exposure. - Researchers compared the lethality of the virus across several age groups. ## Synonyms - deadliness - lethalness ## Antonyms - harmlessness - safety ## Derived Forms - colethality - cytolethality - nonlethality ## Related Forms - lethal - mortality - fatality ## Etymology From lethal + -ity. Lethal comes from Latin letalis ("deadly"), related to letum ("death"); the noun can denote either deadly capacity or its measured degree. ## Topics - Safety & Risk markdown