Definition of "deathful" [death•ful]

• Full of death or slaughter. (adjective)
• Liable to undergo death. (adjective)
• Resembling death. (adjective)

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• "Sadly, although they share the longevity of REM, U2 have continued to push the envelope in terms of songs and sound whereas REM seem to have gotten lost in some kind of deathful suburban culdesac and stayed there which is a shame since both started out with the same amount of potential."
• "The third is a corrugated curiosity: George Cukor's 1936 "Romeo and Juliet," with Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer as stiff, overage stand-ins for the deathless though deathful young lovers."
• "But kept his standing still, till that a deathful dart"