deadliest

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causing end of life adj.
ghostly adj.

ADJECTIVE

causing end of life

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bloody carcinogenic cruel dangerous destructive fatal harmful lethal malignant mortal murderous noxious pernicious poisonous savage suicidal toxic violent virulent

WEAK

baleful baneful bloodthirsty cannibalistic death-dealing deathly deleterious destroying grim homicidal injurious internecine killing mortiferous pestiferous pestilent pestilential ruthless slaying unrelenting venomous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

benign calm gentle harmless healthy helpful kind life-giving nice nonpoisonous wholesome

WEAK

animating energizing healthful invigorating lively

ADJECTIVE

ghostly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ghastly

WEAK

ashen corpselike dead deadened deathful deathlike deathly pallid wan white

Antonyms

WEAK

animating energizing harmless healthful healthy invigorating lively wholesome

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deadliest

The death toll from a ferry disaster on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba has risen to 93, which makes it the country's deadliest transport disaster, according to the state-run Herald newspaper.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The Boxing Day tragedy was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

The deadliest aspect of fires has declined, too: smoke deaths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The 7.4-magnitude quake was Colombia's strongest in a century, according to the US Geological Survey, and one of its deadliest natural disasters in years.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

The Spanish flu of 1918 had raged through the continent, killing nearly 20 million men and women worldwide and ranking among the deadliest natural disasters in history.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee