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mortal

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  1. deadly                
 
1. mor.tal \'mo.rt-*l\ \-*l-e-\ aj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L mortalis, fr. mort-, 
   mors death - more a]t MURDER 1: causing or capable of causing death : FATAL 
    2a: subject to death {~ man}  2b: CONCEIVABLE, EARTHLY {every ~ thing}  
   2c: very tedious or prolonged {three ~ hours}  3: marked by unrelenting 
   hostility : IMPLACABLE {a ~ enemy } 4a: exposing to or deserving spiritual 
   death {~ sin}  4b: marked by great intensity or severity : EXTREME {~ fea 
   r} 4c: very great : AWFUL {a ~ shame}  5: HUMAN {~ limitations}  6: of, 
   relating to, or connected with death {~ agony}  - mor.tal.ly av
2. mortal av chiefly dial  : MORTALLY 
3. mortal n : a human being