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[ adjective ] of an instrument of certain death
Synonyms Examples "deadly poisons" "lethal weapon" "a lethal injection" Used in print (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)The incubation_period of infectious_disease , plus a variable period of illness even before a lethal effect , render this weapon unsuitable for hand-to-hand encounter . Related terms |
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