lethal
Any weapon that causes deathAny weapon that causes death.
» Tom was executed by lethal injection.
Значение
значений: 3Any weapon that causes death.
An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.
(неисчисляемое)One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
Примеры
предложений: 35Tom was executed by lethal injection.
Tom is to die by lethal injection tonight.
Tom is scheduled to die by lethal injection tonight.
It's a lethal dose.
Это смертельная доза.
Execution by lethal injection is inhumane.
Происхождение
Learned borrowing from Latin lētālis (“deadly, mortal, fatal”), improperly written lēthāliLearned borrowing from Latin lētālis (“deadly, mortal, fatal”), improperly written lēthālis, from lētum (“death”), improperly written as lēthum, from a supposed connection with Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion, forgetfulness”).
Abbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
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