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lethall

lethall is the obsolete spelling of lethal.

Meaning of lethal

Adjective

lethal (comparative more lethal, superlative most lethal)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.
    • Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845

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Forms of lethall

comparativemore lethall
superlativemost lethall

Questions about lethall

What is lethall the obsolete spelling of?
Lethall is the obsolete spelling of lethal.

Words near lethall in the dictionary

  1. lethal yellowing
  2. lethal zone
  3. lethal zones
  4. lethalities
  5. lethality
  6. lethall
  7. lethally
  8. lethalness
  9. lethals
  10. Letham
  11. Letham Grange

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