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| bane |
a deadly poison. [1/2 definitions] |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| basilisk |
in classical mythology, a lizard, serpent, or dragon with a deadly breath or glance. [1/2 definitions] |
| belladonna |
a poisonous plant bearing purplish red flowers and black berries; deadly nightshade. [1/2 definitions] |
| Black Death |
a deadly plague, probably bubonic, that was widespread in Europe in the mid-fourteenth century, characterized by dark splotches on the skin. |
| hydrophobia |
a deadly viral disease of the central nervous system, usu. transmitted by the bite of an infected animal; rabies. [1/2 definitions] |
| lethal |
intended to cause or capable of causing death or extreme harm; deadly. |
| malignant |
deadly or likely to cause death, as a cancerous growth. [1/2 definitions] |
| malignity |
the condition or character of being malign or deadly. [1/2 definitions] |
| Nevado del Ruiz |
a Colombian volcano that erupted in 1985 after having been dormant for 150 years, causing 23,000 deaths in what was the world's second most deadly volcanic eruption of the twentieth century. |
| pernicious |
having a very harmful or fatal effect; injurious, deadly, or destructive. |
| pestilence |
an epidemic, usu. deadly, disease; plague. [1/2 definitions] |
| poisonous |
injurious; destructive; deadly. [1/3 definitions] |
| Russian roulette |
a deadly game of chance in which each participant takes a turn at spinning the cylinder of a revolver that holds only one bullet, pointing it at his or her own head, and pulling the trigger. [1/2 definitions] |
| smite |
to afflict with a sudden harmful or deadly effect. [1/6 definitions] |
| toxic |
acting as or like a poison; injurious or deadly. [1/2 definitions] |
| vital |
fatal; deadly. [1/5 definitions] |
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