The phrase "a deadly wave of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sudden and overwhelming occurrence of something harmful or dangerous, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The region was hit by a deadly wave of violence that left the community in shock."
Alternatives: "a lethal surge of" or "a fatal influx of".
A deadly wave of attacks has hit Pakistan since the offensive began, claiming hundreds of lives.
British rule came to an end only in 1967, after a deadly wave of fighting.
In August a car bomb blew up the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, the first in a deadly wave of bombings.
In the years after World War I, Catholic radicals carried out a deadly wave of terrorist attacks in the United States.
A French court upheld the life sentence of an Algerian convicted of involvement in a deadly wave of bombings that shook Paris in 1995.
It has been the scene of many similar attacks since Palestinians embarked on a deadly wave of stabbings, shootings and car-ramming attacks in October 2015.
The continuing row came as Kerry and Netanyahu called for an immediate end to incitement, blamed for a recent deadly wave of Palestinian attacks against Israelis, ahead of their meeting on Thursday.
Washington has condemned a recent deadly wave of Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians and police, urging Palestinian leaders to refrain from incitement or provocative language.
Brig Gen Ibrahim added that the extremists used a sandstorm that engulfed most of Iraq last night to launch the deadly wave of bombings.
The deadly wave of food-borne illness in Europe, caused by a rare form of E. coli bacteria, could finally push the United States to take long-delayed steps to protect the food supply in this country from a similar group of toxic organisms.
Two days after the deadly wave of violence in Mpeketoni, Kenyans are still unclear who is responsible.
