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1
able
to cause or
causing
death
;
extremely
dangerous
:
Examples:
Three minutes after the
fire
started, the house was full of lethal
fumes
.
In the car the
police
found
guns
,
knives
, and other lethal
weapons
(=
weapons
that can kill).
A 59-year-old man was
executed
by lethal
injection
(= by having a
poisonous
substance
put into his
body
) this morning.
informal
That
combination
of tiredness and
alcohol
is lethal (= has a very bad
effect
).
2
able
to cause or
causing
death
;
extremely
dangerous
:
Examples:
a lethal
weapon
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