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death cap

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The deadly poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides.
  2. A potentially dangerous capacitor on the primary side of the power transformer in a guitar amp.
    slang

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Examples

“Erin Patterson has told a court that the majority of the mushrooms in a beef wellington dish served in her Leongatha home came from a local supermarket, but says she also accepts the dish contained death caps.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

death card death cell death certificate death chamber death clerk death clock

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