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Lethal Adjective Substance Kill People Animals Dose Sleeping

word lethal
definition
adjective
A substance that is lethal can kill people or animals.
...a lethal dose of sleeping pills.
...chemicals lethal to fish and aquatic mammals.
If you describe something as lethal, you mean that it is capable of causing a lot of damage .
High-powered cars are lethal weapons in the hands of inexperienced drivers.
Frost and wet are the lethal combination for plants.
cefr-level C1

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