a hypodermic injection that causes or is capable of causing death, esp., such an injection used to administer the death penalty
lethal injection
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lethal injection
noun
- A method of capital punishment in which a lethal substance is injected into the person sentenced to death.
- An injection of a substance that causes death.
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Noun
(plural lethal injections)
- A means of execution or of euthanasia in which a person is injected with a fatal dose of drugs.
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