So this non lethal weapon was being used, in fact, in this case as a lethal force multiplier to make killing more effective in this particular situation.

Well, there are other cancer tumors in the abdomen quite lethal, very lethal actually pancreas, liver, kidney.

Debris will cyclically collide with each other and thus create more remains that effectively form a lethal shell around the earth.

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In domestic birds, especially chickens, it's 100 percent lethal.

Stephen Coleman The moral dangers of non lethal weapons

More problematic, he has occasionally dissented publicly from Leung s various misguided policies. As any student of the People s Republic knows, expressions of political disagreement, however mild, can be lethal.

The manufacture or possession of lethal or explosive machines or devices

500 years ago, it ran into a competitor with a lethal advantage.

Spieth has been lethal from tee to green and is leading by example.

One of those problems is that non lethal weapons may be used indiscriminately.

Fishing gear can inflict lethal cuts and wounds on fish and marine wildlife.

In other words, your perfect non lethal weapon is something that's perfect for abuse.

The virus was 100 percent lethal to pregnant women and we don't actually know why.

And after circulating around the world came back in a form that was tremendously lethal.

Both neighbouring countries provided the armed forces of Guinea Bissau with non lethal military assistance.

So their attitudes to the use of lethal force are very different, and I think it's fairly obvious that their attitude to the use of non lethal weapons would also be very different from what it is with the police.

You've got non lethal shotgun rounds that contain rubber pellets instead of the traditional metal ones.

(c) For the supply of non lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use

Until relatively recently, environmental protection and consumer safety were secondary issues in the United States and Europe. In 1952, London experienced five days of lethal, particulate laden smog that killed 12,000 people and sickened more than 100,000.

Torture, rape and ethnic cleansing have become highly effective, if often non lethal, weapons in civil war.

Explicitly introduced as an alternative to the use of lethal force an alternative between shouting and shooting.

But I'd remind you what I'm talking about, I'm talking about military uses of non lethal weapons.

A lethal dose of the insecticide is absorbed by insects which come into contact with the surface.

Israel provides electricity, water, and passage to Gaza, but also maintains a siege intended to prevent imports of larger, more lethal weapons. Israeli leaders were aware of Hamas s buildup of medium range missiles, mostly smuggled through Sinai in underground tunnels, but continue to argue that, absent the siege, Iran and others would supply more (and more sophisticated) weapons.

It's one of the most lethal things we've seen in circulation in the world in any recent centuries.

Caught in this vicious spiral, North and South Korea will become far more vulnerable to neighboring powers strategic maneuvers. As a result, growing inter Korean hostility may ultimately prove far more lethal to the well being of all Koreans than Roh Moo hyun s tragic suicide and Kim Jong il s futile fireworks.

If you don't get out of there, you're going to be exposed to lethal radiation in very short order.

There will soon be thousands of laboratories around the world capable of producing designer bugs with awesome lethal potential.

UNDP has continued to use the available funding to purchase non lethal and communications equipment for the national police.

Nonetheless, critics fear the slippery slope. After all, breaching the ethical and legal barrier to permanent genetic modification could make it more difficult to block its application for treating non lethal conditions, or even for enhancing qualities like cognitive ability or athletic prowess.

So if they had non lethal weapons then they would say, Well we can use them in that sort of situation.

Making, possessing, storing, acquiring and transferring lethal or explosive devices and appliances or other toxic biological weapons or weapons of war

Pepper spray and tasers are in increasing use by both police and military, and more exotic non lethal weapons such as heat rays are in the works. At TEDxCanberra, ethicist Stephen Coleman explores the unexpected consequences of their introduction and asks some challenging questions.

I investigate photography's ability to blur truth and fiction, and its influence on memory, which can lead to severe, even lethal consequences.

I've been told by the Revolution of Military Affairs crowd for years, we can do it faster, cheaper, smaller, just as lethal.

Clearly the bottom line is the virus eventually attenuates, and ceases to be a lethal virus to humanity, and finds other hosts.

AIDS, he heard, was lethal, and treatment was not offered. This was at a time that treatment actually existed in rich countries.

Lack of confidence in and fear of others has long prompted States to rush to acquire the most sophisticated and lethal weapons.

The issue of the uncontrolled traffic in such weapons has become a matter of great concern for the international community due to the tragic consequences of arms availability in terms of making local conflicts more lethal and of generating a sense of insecurity in civil society.

Even so, the opposition s mistakes have been massive, ranging from support for the failed coup against the democratically elected Chávez in April 2002 to the failed strike at PEDEVSA, Venezuela s national oil company, in early 2003. Nothing is more lethal in politics than failure in direct confrontation.

Military personnel are being trained for war, so they're trained that, as soon as things go bad, their first response is lethal force.

MONUC continues to be exempted from the embargo, as do supplies of non lethal military equipment intended exclusively for humanitarian or protective purposes.

The vote was also in keeping with action by the Council to find a solution to the lethal conflict under way in Darfur.