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Meaning of lethal injection | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A means of execution or of euthanasia in which a person is injected with a fatal dose of drugs.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Giftspritze
Español inyección letal
Suomi myrkkyruiske
日本語 薬殺刑
Português injeção letal

Examples

“Reggie Clemons has one last⟳ chance to save⟳ his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder⟳ of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade⟳ a judge⟳ that he should be spared execution by lethal injection.”

CEFR level

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

lethal time lethal white syndrome lethal yellowing lethal zone Lethality Lethally

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