lethality

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The fact of something being lethal; the ability of something to kill.
2. (countable, uncountable) The degree of lethal (mortal) danger that something (usually a disease or a weapon) presents; the magnitude of its power to kill organisms exposed to it; this property is indirectly measured by any of various proxy rates, including mortality rate, case fatality rate, or infection fatality rate (for diseases) or kill rate (for weapons, pesticides, or parasites).

Synonyms

deadliness

lethality rate

fatality

case-fatality proportion

fatality rate

fatal rate

Translations

létalité

letalitat

letalidad

Letalität

letalità

الفتك

poder letal

poder mortífero

letalidade

pouvoir meurtrier

الخطورة

öldürücülük

Tödlichkeit

ennui mortel

degré de dangerosité

Etymology

From lethal + -ity.