lethal
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/ˈliː.θəl/
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.
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Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
Noun
Any weapon that causes death.
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An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.
Noun
One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
Usage- Uncountable
Adjective
of an instrument of certain death
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deadly poisons
lethal weapon
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a lethal injection
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