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kryptoniting

kryptoniting is the present participle and gerund of kryptonite.

Meaning of kryptonite

Verb

kryptonite (third-person singular simple present kryptonites, present participle kryptoniting, simple past and past participle kryptonited)

  1. (transitive) To expose to, or attack with, kryptonite.
    • And even those two were pretty puny, like Superman after he had been kryptonited.1998, Phillip Gwynne, Deadly Unna?, Melbourne: Penguin, page 173
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To destroy, wreck, or ruin; to affect adversely, as Superman is affected by kryptonite.

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Questions about kryptoniting

What is kryptoniting the present participle and gerund of?
Kryptoniting is the present participle and gerund of kryptonite.

Words near kryptoniting in the dictionary

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

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