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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lethal/ˈliːθl/
▶adjective
- 1 sufficient to cause death.
- 2 very harmful or destructive.
– derivatives
lethality noun,
lethally adverb.
lethality noun,
lethally adverb.
– origin C16: from L. lethalis, from lethum, a var. (influenced by Gk lēthē ‘forgetfulness’), of letum ‘death’.
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