lethal

(lē'thəl)
adj.

1. Capable of causing death.
2. Of, relating to, or causing death. See synonyms at fatal.
3. Extremely harmful; devastating: accusations lethal to the candidate's image.

[Late Latin lēthālis, alteration (probably influenced by Lēthē, Lethe) of Latin lētālis, from lētum, death.]

lethality le·thal'i·ty (lē-thăl'ĭ-tē) n.
lethally le'thal·ly adv.

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adjective

Causing or tending to cause death: deadly, deathly, fatal, mortal, vital. See live/die.

adj

Definition: deadly
Antonyms: beneficial, harmless, helpful, life-giving, safe

IN BRIEF: Deadly.

That strain of flu turned out to be lethal.

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• Release Date: 1988
• Genre: Action
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Deadly; fatal.

• l. trait — an inherited characteristic that ensures the early death of the inheritor. See also inherited parakeratosis, and canine cyclic hematopoiesis.
• l. trait A46 — see inherited parakeratosis.
• l. white — the name given to the progeny of white horses in which the gene for the white character is dominant. Their progeny have a very high mortality rate. The same applies to the offspring of a mating of two overo horses; the defect in these is atresia of the intestine.
• l. white foal disease — see lethal white (above).

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• Language of Death - lethal: (adj) deadly

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - dødelig, dødbringende, dræbende

Nederlands (Dutch)
dodelijk, fataal

Français (French)
adj. - mortel, fatal, très dangereux, redoutable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - tödlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θανατηφόρος, θανάσιμος, φονικός

Italiano (Italian)
letale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - letal

Русский (Russian)
смертельный, летальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - letal, mortal, mortífero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - dödlig, dödande, letal

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
致命的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 致命的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 치명적인 , 치사의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 致死の, 致命的な
n. - 致死遺伝子症

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مميت, قاتل, مهلك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קטלני, גורם למוות‬

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