English Dictionary

non-lethal

adj

Not capable of causing death. / Designed to cause incapacitation without causing death.

The police used non-lethal force to disperse the crowd.

意味（1）

Not capable of causing death.

a non-lethal dose

意味（2）

Designed to cause incapacitation without causing death.

Government officials think a universal malodor, or offensive odor, might prove effective as a non-lethal weapon.