{
    "term": "lethal",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "causing or able to cause death",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She had been given a lethal dose of poison."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Any sharp pointed instrument is potentially a lethal weapon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The closure of the factory dealt a lethal blow to the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The snake’s venom is rarely lethal to humans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All these knives are absolutely lethal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a potentially lethal mixture of medications."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pesticide is lethal to all insect life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has been sentenced to death by lethal injection."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove"],
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "highly", "potentially"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "causing or able to cause a lot of harm or damage",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You and that car—it's a lethal combination!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A shift in shopping habits created a lethal cocktail of bankruptcies and store closures."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove"],
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "highly", "potentially"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈliːθl/",
                "audio": "le/lethal/lethal__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈliːθl/",
                "audio": "le/lethal/lethal__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘causing spiritual death’): from Latin lethalis, from lethum, a variant (influenced by Greek lēthē ‘forgetfulness’), of letum ‘death’."
}