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- Dictionarylethal/ˈliːθl/
adjective
- 1. sufficient to cause death: "a lethal cocktail of drink and pills"
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able to cause or causing death; extremely dangerous: Three minutes after the fire started, the house was full of lethal fumes. In the car the police found guns, knives, and other lethal weapons (= weapons that can kill). A 59-year-old man was executed by lethal injection (= by having a poisonous substance put into his body) this morning.
The meaning of LETHAL is of, relating to, or causing death. How to use lethal in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Lethal.
Lethal definition: of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal. See examples of LETHAL used in a sentence.
Lethal refers to anything dangerous enough to cause death. The cobra's venom is so lethal that if you get bitten and can't find the antidote, it's lights out forever. Poisonous spiders, guns, knives, and radiation — all of these things can be lethal because they have the ability to kill.
If you describe something as lethal, you mean that it is capable of causing a lot of damage. High-powered cars are lethal weapons in the hands of inexperienced drivers. Frost and wet are the lethal combination for plants.
1. of or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose. 2. made to cause death: a lethal injection. 3. causing great harm; disastrous: The disclosures were lethal to his candidacy. [1575–85; < Latin lētālis, lēthalis, derivative of lētum death] syn: See fatal.
Extremely harmful; devastating. Accusations lethal to the candidate's image. American Heritage. Synonyms: deadly. poison. toxic. dangerous. poisonous. mortal. harmful. fatal. vital. deathly. Antonyms: beneficial. helpful. life-giving. safe. harmless. noun.
causing or able to cause death synonym deadly, fatal. She had been given a lethal dose of poison. Any sharp pointed instrument is potentially a lethal weapon. (figurative) The closure of the factory dealt a lethal blow to the town. The snake’s venom is rarely lethal to humans. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
(Definition of lethal from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Jul 19, 2024 · Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal . Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
