Improper grounding can make a microphone lethal to touch. Several singers have actually died this way.
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Lethal
//ˈliː.θəl//
Synonyms for "lethal" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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1 entriesderived
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
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1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θανάσιμος adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Arabic
1 entries- مُمِيت adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Belarusian
3 entries- лета́льны adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- смертано́сны adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- смяро́тны adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Bulgarian
3 entries- лета́лен adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- смъ́ртен adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- смъртоно́сен adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Catalan
2 entries- letal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- mortal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 致命的 adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- 致死的 adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Czech
3 entries- smrtelný adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- smrtonosný adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- smrtící adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Dutch
2 entries- dodelijk adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- letaal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Esperanto
1 entries- mortiga adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Finnish
3 entries- kuolettava adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- letaali adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- tappava adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
French
4 entries- fatal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- létal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- léthal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- mortel adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Georgian
3 entries- ლეტალური adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- მომაკვდინებელი adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- სასიკვდილო adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
German
2 entries- letal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- tödlich adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Greek
2 entries- θανατηφόρος adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- φονικός adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Indonesian
1 entries- letal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Irish
1 entries- marfach adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Italian
1 entries- letale adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Japanese
3 entries- 必殺の adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- 致命的な adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- 致死の adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Korean
2 entries- 치명적인 adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- 치사의 adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Latin
4 entries- lēthālis adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- lētālis adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- mortifer adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- mortiferus adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Macedonian
1 entries- смртен adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Polish
3 entries- letalny adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- śmiercionośny adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- śmiertelny adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Portuguese
3 entries- fatal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- letal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- mortal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Russian
3 entries- лета́льный adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- смерте́льный adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- смертоно́сный adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- smrtònosan adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- smȑtan adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- смр̏тан adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- смрто̀носан adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Slovak
3 entries- smrteľný adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- smrtiaci adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- smrtonosný adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Slovene
2 entries- smrten adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- smrtonosen adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Spanish
1 entries- letal adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Swedish
2 entries- dödlig adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- livsfarlig adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Ukrainian
3 entries- лета́льний adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- смерте́льний adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
- смертоно́сний adj (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The court condemned the man to death by lethal injection.
Source: tatoeba (950087)
Apparently ice is lethal!
Source: tatoeba (1020631)
Smoking may be lethal.
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