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Deadly force, also known as lethal force, is the use of force that is likely to cause serious bodily injury or death to another person. In most jurisdictions, the use of deadly force is justified only under conditions of extreme necessity as a last resort , when all lesser means have failed or cannot reasonably be employed.
Synonym for death Neutral Pop one's clogs [2] To die Humorous, [1] Informal [2] British. "Pop" is English slang for "pawn." A 19th-century working man might tell his family to take his clothes to the pawn shop to pay for his funeral, with his clogs among the most valuable items. Promoted to Glory: Death of a Salvationist: Formal Salvation Army ...
The U.S. government further declared, "lethal force will be used outside areas of active hostilities only when the following preconditions are met: First, there must be a legal basis for using lethal force. Second, the United States will use lethal force only against a target that poses a continuing, imminent threat to U.S. persons.
Euthanasia, in the sense of the deliberate hastening of a person's death, was supported by Socrates, Plato and Seneca the Elder in the ancient world, although Hippocrates appears to have spoken against the practice, writing "I will not prescribe a deadly drug to please someone, nor give advice that may cause his death" (noting there is some ...
Lethal may also refer to: Film. Lethal, a 2004 action thriller; Music. DJ Lethal (born 1972), Latvian musician; Lethal (American band), an American heavy metal ...
Pyrausta lethalis, the lethal pyrausta moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881. [ 1 ] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California (the Mojave Desert , Los Angeles ) to southern Nevada , southern Arizona and Texas (the Big Bend region).
They were found guilty of 40 cases of poisoning (13 of them lethal) with Clerici solution obtained from an acquaintance working at a geology institute. Tamara (guilty of nine deaths, including four children) was executed in one of only three documented cases of women receiving the capital punishment in post-Stalin Soviet Union .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 January 2025. Intentional and unlawful killings of individuals by state actors without judicial process This painting, The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya, depicts the summary execution of Spaniards by French forces after the Dos de Mayo Uprising in Madrid. An extrajudicial killing (also known as ...