lethal
Any weapon that causes deathAny weapon that causes death.
» Tom was executed by lethal injection.
Значення
значень: 3Any weapon that causes death.
An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.
(незлічуване)One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
Приклади
речень: 35Tom was executed by lethal injection.
Tom is to die by lethal injection tonight.
Tom is scheduled to die by lethal injection tonight.
Execution by lethal injection is inhumane.
Is execution by lethal injection unconstitutional?
Походження
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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