non-fatal
Adjective
Meaning
non-fatal (not comparable)
Alternative spelling of nonfatal.
Synonyms
Examples
For every fatal shooting, there are about 3 non-fatal shootings. Folks, this is unacceptable in America.
“The uptick in violence in 2020 comes after a steady 4-year decline in non-fatal shootings and homicides from 2016-2019,” continues the Health Department’s statement.
Occasionally, captive mother pigs may savage their own piglets, often if they become severely stressed. citation Some attacks on newborn piglets are non-fatal.
There were 771 non-fatal shootings in Baltimore in 2019.
Another 18 cases and seven deaths have been recorded in Nigeria and one non-fatal case in Senegal.
Roughly 7 million people die of food poisoning each year, with about 10 times as many suffering from a non-fatal version.