Lethality (also called deadliness or perniciousness) is how capable something is of causing death. Most often it is used when referring to chemical weapons, biological weapons, or their toxic chemical components. The use of this term denotes the ability of these weapons to kill, but also the possibility that they may not kill. Reasons for the lethality of a weapon to be inconsistent, or expressed by percentage, can be as varied as minimized exposure to the weapon, previous exposure to the weapon minimizing susceptibility, degradation of the weapon over time and/or distance, and incorrect deployment of a multi-component weapon.
This term can also refer to the after-effects of weapon use, such as Nuclear Fallout, which has highest lethality nearest the deployment site, and in proportion to the subject's size and nature; e.g. a child or small animal.
Lethality can also refer to the after-effects of a chemical explosion. A lethality curve can be developed for process safety reasons to protect people and equipment. The impact is typically greatest closest to the explosion site and lessens to the outskirts of the impact zone. Pressure, toxicity and location affect the lethality.
UTFO (which stands for Untouchable Force Organization) is an old-school hip hop group, popular in the 1980s, that was mentored by the contemporary R&B group Full Force. The group consists of the Kangol Kid (Shiller Shaun Fequiere), the Educated Rapper (Jeffrey Campbell) (also known as EMD), Doctor Ice (Fred Reeves), and MixMaster Ice (Maurice Bailey). The group's best-known single is "Roxanne, Roxanne," a widely acclaimed and hip-hop classic, which created a sensation on the hip-hop scene soon after it was released and inspired numerous answer records, most notably by Marley Marl's protégée Roxanne Shanté. "Roxanne, Roxanne" was originally the B-side of the lesser-known single "Hangin' Out." Because of personal issues, the Educated Rapper was absent for its second effort, Skeezer Pleezer (1986), which produced one notable track with the song "Split Personality." EMD was, however, on one album track, "Pick Up The Pace", also featured in the movie Krush Groove. In 2008, “Roxanne, Roxanne” was ranked number 84 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
Lethal is an album by the band Cockney Rejects released in 1990.
Tell me do you want it, do you need it, are you listening?
I hear you speak the words, but do they ever have any meaning...
This path that I'm walking, do you walk it? It's hard to see,
Will you join them as they take my humanity!
LETHAL! CULTIVATE! ONE STATE OF MIND, TAKING OVER ME...
LETHAL! DESTINY! MY STATE OF MIND, TAKING OVER ME...
Now make the connection, the obsession, is killing me,
Release the anger now, come and take it away,
In fact did I mention, nothing did I mention, you say!
Lead to believe, the means to justify my defensive!
Create a, lethal, judgment day! Adjust the way you're, judging me...
Lethal!
-inset-"I can taste your fear..."
Tell me a direction, are you taking, are you dissin' me?
A matter of opinion, leading to the path you're taking to get there,
Tell me how you're feelin, are you seein', so perfectly,