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mortal
Adjective
  • Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. [from 14th c.]
  • Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.). [from 14th c.]
  • Fatally vulnerable; vital.
  • Of or relating to the time of death.
  • Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
  • Human; belonging to man, who is mortal.
  • Very painful or tedious; wearisome.
  • Very drunk; wasted; smashed. Britain, slang
Noun
  • A human; someone susceptible to death.