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kryptonites

kryptonites is the plural of kryptonite.

kryptonites is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kryptonite.

Meaning of kryptonite

Noun

kryptonite (usually uncountable, plural kryptonites)

  1. (figuratively, usually) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.
    • The terrific seven-grain bread here is the kryptonite of restaurant reviewers: two mini-loaves and you are incapacitated.1991 October 25, Bryan Miller, “Restaurants: John Clancy's”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2021
  2. (slang, usually) Crack cocaine.

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Questions about kryptonites

What is kryptonites the plural of?
Kryptonites is the plural of kryptonite.

Words near kryptonites in the dictionary

  1. kryptonation
  2. kryptonide
  3. kryptonides
  4. kryptonite
  5. kryptonited
  6. kryptonites
  7. kryptoniting
  8. kryptons
  9. kryptopyrrole
  10. kryptopyrroles
  11. kryptoxanthin

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