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hull (SHIP) Hide phonetics
noun [C]
the body or frame of a ship, most of which goes under the water
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lure Hide phonetics
verb [T]
to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting:
She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary.
He had lured his victim to a deserted house.
Supermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts.
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sedative Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a drug used to calm a person or animal or to make them sleep
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lethal Hide phonetics
adjective
able to cause or causing death; extremely dangerous:
Three minutes after the fire started, the house was full of lethal fumes.
In the car the police found guns, knives and other lethal weapons (= weapons which can kill).
A 59-year-old man was executed by lethal injection (= by having a poisonous substance put into his body) this morning.
INFORMAL That combination of tiredness and alcohol is lethal (= has a very bad effect).
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dose Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 a measured amount of something such as medicine:
a high/low dose
a dose of penicillin
The label says to take one dose three times a day.
Twenty or thirty of these pills would be a lethal dose (= enough to kill you).

2 an amount or experience of something bad or unpleasant:
The government received a hefty dose of bad news this week.
She's got a nasty dose of flu.

3 UK SLANG a case of gonorrhea (= a disease of the sexual organs)
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anaesthetic, MAINLY US anesthetic Hide phonetics
noun [C or U]
a substance that makes you unable to feel pain:
The operation is performed under anaesthetic.
The procedure is carried out under local anaesthetic (= a substance that makes you unable to feel pain in part of your body).
I've never had general anaesthetic (= a substance that makes you unconscious so you do not feel pain).
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