nondeadly

adj

Etymology

From non- + deadly.

  1. inherited from dēadlīċe
  2. inherited from dedliche
  3. inherited from *dauþalīkaz — “deadly
  4. inherited from *dauþalīk
  5. inherited from dēadlīċ
  6. inherited from dedly
  7. prefixed as nondeadly — “non + deadly

Definitions

  1. Not deadly.

    • 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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