deadly disease (noun)

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• disease — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common ▪ obscure, rare ▪ dangerous, serious ▪ mild ▪ acute …   Collocations dictionary

• deadly — I UK [ˈdedlɪ] / US adjective Word forms deadly : adjective deadly comparative deadlier superlative deadliest * 1) able or likely to kill people This is a potentially deadly disease. deadly to: Too many water changes can prove deadly to these… …   English dictionary

• deadly — dead|ly1 [ˈdedli] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(very dangerous)¦ 2 deadly enemy 3¦(complete)¦ 4¦(very effective)¦ 5¦(like death)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(VERY DANGEROUS)¦ likely to cause death = ↑lethal ▪ a deadly poison ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• deadly — dead|ly1 [ dedli ] adjective * 1. ) able or likely to kill people: This is a potentially deadly disease. a deadly weapon: The police charged him with possession of a deadly weapon. deadly to: Too many water changes can prove deadly to these… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• deadly — I. adjective (deadlier; est) Date: before 12th century 1. likely to cause or capable of producing death < deadly poison > 2. a. aiming to kill or destroy ; implacable < a deadly enemy > b. highly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Black Death — noun the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe • Syn: ↑Black Plague • Hypernyms: ↑bubonic plague, ↑pestis bubonica, ↑glandular plague * * * noun Usage: sometimes …   Useful english dictionary

• heart attack — noun a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function • Hypernyms: ↑attack, ↑heart failure, ↑coronary failure • Part Meronyms: ↑coronary thrombosis, ↑coronary, ↑myocardial infarction, ↑myocardial infar …   Useful english dictionary

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• pestilence — c.1300, from O.Fr. pestilence, from L. pestilentia plague, noun of action from pestilentem (nom. pestilens) infected, unwholesome, noxious, from pestis deadly disease, plague …   Etymology dictionary