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sneh125  +  113512 Wed, 29 Jun 05 08:01 AM
hi!

i want to know the one word meaning of the following

- want of rain
- one who pretends to be but he is not
- one who ends in death
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Fair Lady  +  113520 Wed, 29 Jun 05 08:44 AM
- want of rain - a drought ?

- a pretender

- a diseased

PS Sorry if I've got your query wrong Smile [:)]
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sunilbhasin, 4 yr 151 days ago
If you mean 'one that ends in death', then the word is 'fatal'.
pieanne  +  113535 Wed, 29 Jun 05 09:26 AM
There's also "lethal".
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sunilbhasin, 4 yr 151 days ago
Lethal means something that induces or causes death, whereas fatal means something that ends in death.
Miche  +  113560 Wed, 29 Jun 05 11:32 AM
Hi,
One who ends in death to me refers to a person, so it cannot be fatal. I can suggest victim and casualty (usu. casualties).
Others may have a different opinion though.
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Fair Lady  +  113563 Wed, 29 Jun 05 11:38 AM
Oh I see. I thought "one that ends in death" meant someone who died. Then it can be mortal also, or deadly, depending on the context.
Fair Lady
Fair Lady  +  113569 Wed, 29 Jun 05 11:48 AM
Oops ! Was it "who"? Then I'd probably got it right from the very beginningSmile [:)] - it's the dead person. And I remember there was a story by James Joy?e called "The Dead".
Fair Lady
sunilbhasin  +  113571 Wed, 29 Jun 05 11:51 AM
Mortal has the same meaning as lethal. Next, 'victim' and 'casualty' do not necessarily mean 'somebody who is dead'. Even if they are merely injured, they can be victim or casualty.
sunilbhasin
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