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• Sodium thiopental was used by most U.S. states as part of a lethal injection combination, but many have switched to an alternative drug called pentobarbital amid an ongoing shortage. The Seattle Times
• Toxic effects may be either lethal, causing death, or sublethal.
• Members of the 800th Military Police Brigade had to use lethal force several times to quell prisoner uprisings, the report says.
• But the designer decided to withdraw the shoes over fears they could become a lethal weapon if the wearer accidentally trod on someone else's foot, the Daily Telegraph reported.
• Aconite root contains about 0.4 per cent. of alkaloid and one-fifteenth of a grain of the alkaloid is a lethal dose. The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology
• Non-lethal weapons have inherent characteristics of precision effects, selectivity of engagement, and versatility.
• It appears that some of these had rotted and produced a lethal gas which asphyxiated the crew members.
• The cider and vodka combination is far too lethal for my poor liver so I ended up puking.
• Obesity and inactivity kill 26,000 Americans a year, making them less lethal than relatively unknown diseases such as nephritis and septicemia.
• Potential lethal cardiac arrhythmias and convulsions are recognised complications of both iatrogenic and self inflicted overdoses.