Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - lethal
Lethal
lethal
adj. causing or sufficient to cause death. Phrases and idioms lethal chamber a chamber in which animals may be killed painlessly with gas. lethal dose the amount of a toxic compound or drug that causes death in humans or animals. Derivatives lethality n. lethally adv. Etymology: L let(h)alis f. letum death
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I. adjective Etymology: Latin letalis, ~is, from letum death Date: circa 1604 1. of, relating to, or causing death , capable of causing death , gravely damaging or destructive ; devastating , very potent or effective , see: deadly ~ity noun ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1917 an abnormality of genetic origin causing the death of the organism possessing it, ~ gene ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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