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• lethal — I. adjective Etymology: Latin letalis, lethalis, from letum death Date: circa 1604 1. a. of, relating to, or causing death < death by lethal injection > b. capable of causing death < lethal chemicals > 2. gravely damaging or destructive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lethal — Pertaining to or causing death; denoting especially the causal agent. [L. letalis, fr. letum, death] clinical l. a disorder that culminates in premature death. genetic l. a disorder that prevents effective reproduction by those affected; e.g …   Medical dictionary

• lethal injection — n. a hypodermic injection that causes or is capable of causing death, esp., such an injection used to administer the death penalty * * * ➡ capital punishment * * * ▪ execution method  method of executing condemned prisoners through the… …   Universalium

• Lethal injection — For the Ice Cube album, see Lethal Injection (album). Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues …   Wikipedia

• lethal — 01. The victim died from a [lethal] blow to the head. 02. Marilyn Monroe died after taking a [lethal] dose of sleeping pills. 03. He is a karate expert, and his hands are [lethal] weapons. 04. The police were obliged to use [lethal] force to stop …   Grammatical examples in English

• lethal — le|thal [ˈli:θəl] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: lethalis, from lethum death , from letum (influenced by Greek lethe; LETHARGIC)] 1.) causing death, or able to cause death →↑fatal ▪ a lethal dose of heroin ▪ a lethal weapon ▪ death by …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lethal — [[t]li͟ːθ(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A substance that is lethal can kill people or animals. ...a lethal dose of sleeping pills. ...chemicals lethal to fish and aquatic mammals. 2) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as lethal, you mean that it is… …   English dictionary

• Median lethal dose — This article is about the toxicological term. For the album by Mudvayne, see L.D. 50 (album). For other uses, see LD50 (disambiguation). In toxicology, the median lethal dose, LD50 (abbreviation for “Lethal Dose, 50%”), LC50 (Lethal Concentration …   Wikipedia

• Less-lethal weapon — Less lethal weapons, less than lethal weapons, non lethal weapons, non deadly weapons, or, more recently, compliance weapons are weapons intended to be unlikely to kill or to cause great bodily injury to a living target. In the past, police (or… …   Wikipedia

• Non-lethal weapon — Pepper spray demonstration Non lethal weapons, also called less lethal weapons, less than lethal weapons, non deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain inducing weapons are weapons intended to be less likely to kill a living target than are… …   Wikipedia

• National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme — The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) is the Australian government’s regulatory body for industrial chemicals.[1] NICNAS is designed to help protect workers, the public and the environment from the harmful… …   Wikipedia