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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024le•thal /ˈliθəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of or causing death;
deadly;
fatal:a lethal weapon; a lethal injection.
le•thal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024le•thal (lē′thəl),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining to, or causing death;
deadly;
fatal:a lethal weapon; a lethal dose. - made to cause death:a lethal chamber; a lethal attack.
- causing great harm or destruction:The disclosures were lethal to his candidacy.
- Latin lētālis, equivalent. to lēt(um) death + -ālis -al1; spelling, spelled (hence pronunciation, pronounced) with -h- by association with Greek lé̄thē oblivion
- 1575–85
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See fatal.
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