dawn : daybreak
dead : deceased, extinct, inanimate
deadly : fatal, lethal, mortal1 adjective
1 not living for ever: Her father's death reminded her that she was mortal. | mortal creatures
뾬pposite immortal (1)
2 mortal blow/injuries/danger etc causing death or likely to cause death: He was dealt a mortal blow in the battle. | mortal combat (=fighting until one person kills the other): two gladiators locked in mortal combat
Compare lethal (1)
3 mortal enemy/foe an enemy that you hate very much and always will hate
4 mortal fear/terror/dread extreme fear: She lives in mortal fear of her husband's anger.
5 [only before noun] old-fashioned used to emphasize the word that follows it, especially to show that you are annoyed: Now I've lost every mortal thing I owned.
6 poetic belonging to a human: a sight as yet unseen by mortal eyes
also mortally
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