mortiferous (comparative more mortiferous, superlative most mortiferous)
(now rare) Causing spiritual death. [from 16th c.]
Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal. [from 16th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Mor"tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. mortifier; mors, mortis, death + ferre to bring: cf. F. mortifère.]
Definition: Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb. Gov. of Tongue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 October 2024
(noun) (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; “the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction”
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