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lethal

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore L words

capable of causing death

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Lethal in a sentence

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Even a trace of the toxin proved lethal, killing the test subjects within minutes.

Synonyms
deadlyfatalmortaldeathly
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Because the evidence linking the additive to the illness remained blank, regulators declined to issue a ban and instead called for further study.

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Lethal (adjective) means capable of causing death
Here is lethal used in an example sentence: "Even a trace of the toxin proved lethal, killing the test subjects within minutes."
Common synonyms for lethal include deadly, fatal, mortal, deathly.
Antonyms of lethal include harmless, benign, innocuous.
Lethal is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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