lethal
adjective /ˈliːθl/
/ˈliːθl/
- causing or able to cause death synonym deadly, fatal
- She had been given a lethal dose of poison.
- Any sharp pointed instrument is potentially a lethal weapon.
- (figurative) The closure of the factory dealt a lethal blow to the town.
- The snake’s venom is rarely lethal to humans.
Extra Examples- All these knives are absolutely lethal.
- It was a potentially lethal mixture of drugs.
- The pesticide is lethal to all insect life.
- He has been sentenced to death by lethal injection.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- absolutely
- highly
- potentially
- …
- to
- (informal) causing or able to cause a lot of harm or damage
- You and that car—it's a lethal combination!
- The group claims that a lethal cocktail of pollutants is being poured into Scotland's rivers and estuaries.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- absolutely
- highly
- potentially
- …
- to
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘causing spiritual death’): from Latin lethalis, from lethum, a variant (influenced by Greek lēthē ‘forgetfulness’), of letum ‘death’.