Deletery

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deletery \Del"e*ter*y\, a. [LL. deleterius: cf. F.
     d['e]l['e]t[`e]re.]
     Destructive; poisonous. [Obs.] "Deletery medicines."
     --Hudibras.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deletery \Del"e*ter*y\, n.
     That which destroys. [Obs.]
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           They [the Scriptures] are the only deletery of
           heresies.                                --Jer. Taylor.
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