Meaning of LETHAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'leethul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection" |
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\Leth"al\ (l[e^]th"[a^]l), n. [Lauric + ether + alcohol.]
(Chem.)
One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained
from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called
because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
\Le"thal\ (l[=e]"thal), a. [L. lethalis, letalis, fr.
lethum, letum, death: cf. F. l['e]thal.]
Deadly; mortal; fatal. ``The lethal blow.'' --W. Richardson.
-- {Le"thal*ly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | baleful, baneful, brutal, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counterproductive, damaging, deadly, death-bringing, deathful, deathly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, fatal, feral, harmful, hurtful, injurious, internecine, killing, malefic, malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, mortal, noisome, noxious, ominous, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, prejudicial, savage, scatheful, toxic, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent |
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