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   le·thal

   /ˈlēTHəl/

   adjective

   • 1. sufficient to cause death: "a lethal cocktail of alcohol and pills"
   • ▪ harmful or destructive: "the Krakatoa eruption was the most lethal on record"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘causing spiritual death’): from Latin lethalis, from lethum, a variant (influenced by Greek lēthē ‘forgetfulness’), of letum ‘death’.

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