释义
[ lee -thuh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈli θəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
SEE SYNONYMS FOR lethal ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
made or carried out to cause death: a lethal chamber; a lethal attack.
causing great harm or destruction: The disclosures were lethal to his candidacy.
Origin of lethal First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin lētālis, equivalent to lēt(um) “death” + -ālis -al1 ; spelling (hence pronunciation) with -h- by association with Greek lḗthē “oblivion”; see Lethe
synonym study for lethal 1 . See fatal.
OTHER WORDS FROM lethal le·thal·i·ty, le·thal·ness, noun le·thal·ly, adverb hy·per·le·thal, adjective non·le·thal, adjective
non·le·thal·ly, adverb sem·i·le·thal, adjective
SEE MORE RELATED FORMS SEE FEWER RELATED FORMS
Words nearby lethal let drop, let fly, let go, let grass grow, Letha, lethal , lethal chamber, lethal dose, lethal factor, lethal gene, lethal midline granuloma
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for lethal But others say a still-unidentified man likely fired the round that caused a lethal head wound.
Exclusive: Bin Laden ‘Shooter’ Under Investigation for Leaking Secrets | Shane Harris| December 23, 2014| DAILY BEAST
After World War I, unions began their losing and lethal battle with textile owners across the South.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really. | Ana Marie Cox| December 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Servin is a rarity: A cop who is being tried for his lethal actions.
Chicago’s Cops Don’t Even Get Investigated for Shooting People in the Back | Justin Glawe| December 5, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Here are just a few of the most egregious uses of lethal force by Chicago police.
Chicago’s Cops Don’t Even Get Investigated for Shooting People in the Back | Justin Glawe| December 5, 2014| DAILY BEAST
“Here the implementation of lethal force was a reasonable response under the circumstances,” she said.
Worse Than Eric Garner: Cops Who Got Away With Killing Autistic Men and Little Girls | Emily Shire| December 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
I did not myself know whether our lethal weapons would avail us anything.
And those three million policemen, armed with lethal and legal weapons, are inflexibly and unalterably for no change.
Germany and the Germans | Price Collier
He felt the same gnawing anxiety, that is experienced by one whom doctors have sentenced to a lethal operation.
The Nebuly Coat | John Meade Falkner
Gas fired in shells was of two sorts, lethal and non-lethal .
The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry | G. K. Rose
Those who had no rifles were provided with all sorts of lethal weapons.
Gun running for Casement in the Easter rebellion, 1916 | Karl Spindler
SEE MORE EXAMPLES SEE FEWER EXAMPLES
British Dictionary definitions for lethal adjective able to cause or causing death
of or suggestive of death
Derived forms of lethal lethality (liːˈθælɪtɪ ), noun lethally , adverb Word Origin for lethal C16: from Latin lēthālis, from lētum death
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to lethal mortal, destructive, murderous, noxious, dangerous, poisonous, devastating, pernicious, harmful, malignant, virulent, fatal, baleful, deathly, hurtful, mortuary, pestilent, pestilential, mortiferous, necrotic
Medical definitions for lethal adj. Capable of causing death.
Of, relating to, or causing death.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.