The profane poetry of abuse — "I can kill you from a sitting position!"; "You always giggle falsely" — was shared with friends on cassettes, heralded by fanzines, sampled on a radio show, adapted by comic-book artists and distributed on CD under the title "Shut Up, Little Man!," a reference to Mr. Haskett's favorite put-down.
In this way, this pathogen is an eloquent illustration of a recent World Health Organization's statement: "A post-antibiotic era – in which common infections and minor injuries can kill – far from being an apocalyptic fantasy, is instead a very real possibility for the 21st Century" [ 33].
If you are carrying a shotgun and a mauler, anyone with any sense can kill you from long range.
It's highly contagious, and can kill in hours – either from inflammation of the brain, or infection of the blood.
He'd never studied physics, but he knew all about positive and negative electricity; he'd never studied biology, but he was an expert on sperm and eggs; and he'd never studied chemistry, but he was well aware that formaldehyde can kill bacteria, keep meat from spoiling, and stabilize proteins, which is how he guessed that Lao Lan had injected formaldehyde into his meat.
Mucormycosis can kill platypuses, death arising from secondary infection and by affecting the animals' ability to maintain body temperature and forage efficiently.
A more recent study from the UK found that compounds derived from marijuana can kill cancerous cells in individuals with leukemia.
If you stay in Libya, they can kill you," said Saare V, 16, from Ethiopia.
