mortal enemy

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mortal enemy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mortal \Mor"tal\, a. [F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis,
     death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See Murder, and
     cf. Filemot, Mere a lake, Mortgage.]
     1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.
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     2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death;
        terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly;
        as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.
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     3. Fatally vulnerable; vital.
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              Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but
              missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes
              the work.                             --Milton.
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     4. Of or pertaining to the time of death.
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              Safe in the hand of one disposing Power,
              Or in the natal or the mortal hour.   --Pope.
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     5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
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              The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or
        knowledge; mortal power.
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              The voice of God
              To mortal ear is dreadful.            --Milton.
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     7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting
        two mortal hours. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott.
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     Mortal foe, Mortal enemy, an inveterate, desperate, or
        implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.
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mortal enemy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mortal enemy
      n 1: an enemy who wants to kill you