Lethal

4 definitions found

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

  Lethal \Leth"al\ (l[e^]th"[a^]l), n. [Lauric + ether + alcohol.]
     (Chem.)
     One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained
     from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called
     because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Lethal \Le"thal\ (l[=e]"thal), a. [L. lethalis, letalis, fr.
     lethum, letum, death: cf. F. l['e]thal.]
     Deadly; mortal; fatal. "The lethal blow." --W. Richardson. --
     {Le"thal*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lethal
       adj : of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal
             weapon"; "a lethal injection" [syn: {deadly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "lethal":
     baleful, baneful, brutal, corroding, corrosive, corrupting,
     corruptive, counterproductive, damaging, deadly, death-bringing,
     deathful, deathly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental,
     disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, fatal, feral,
     harmful, hurtful, injurious, internecine, killing, malefic,
     malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, mortal, noisome,
     noxious, ominous, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous,
     prejudicial, savage, scatheful, toxic, venenate, veneniferous,
     venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent