nondeadly en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + deadly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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.”
2009 March 3, Adam Liptak, “Supreme Court Enters the YouTube Era”, in New York Times: