Examples of Lethal force in a sentence
Lethal force is that force likely to cause serious physical injury or death, also known as deadly force.
Lethal force, or deadly physical force, is force that creates a substantial likelihood of death or serious bodily injury.
Lethal force is not, therefore, proportionate in defense of one’s lesser rights, a category within which Rodin includes such things as an individual’s right to his country’s territorial integrity, political independence, and other purely political rights.
Lethal force is also prohibited solely to prevent property damage, prevent the destruction of evidence, disable a moving vehicle or against a person who only poses a threat to him/herself and not to others.
Lethal force should not be used except when strictly unavoidable in order to protect life.