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Mineral avoided by Superman
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kryptonite
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fictional substance in the "Superman" series, where it weakens the otherwise invulnerable hero, 1943; perhaps from elements of krypton (which is a gas) + meteorite .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Kryptonite is a material from the Superman fictional universe, specifically the ore form of a radioactive element from Superman's home planet of Krypton . First mentioned in The Adventures of Superman radio show in June 1943, the material has been featured ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles' heel.
Usage examples of kryptonite.
They would find, as they always did, that no boltcutter in the world had jaws that opened wide enough to cut through a Kryptonite lock.
Even the lock looked like a piece of shit: a Kryptonite lock all scarred up by boltcutters.
But we can expose the test tube of seminal fluid to gold kryptonite, then use standard techniques for artificial insemination.
More affectionate nicknames would soon follow: Rock, Kryptonite, Kibbles ’n Bits, Scrabble, and Love.
For smokeable cocaine: Base, Ball, Beat, Bisquits, Bones, Boost, Boulders, Brick, Bump, Cakes, Casper, Chalk, Cookies, Crumbs, Cubes, Fatbags, Freebase, Gravel, Hardball, Hell, Kibbles n’ Bits, Kryptonite, Love, Moonrocks, Nuggets, Onion, Pebbles, Piedras, Piece, Ready Rock, Roca, Rock(s), Rock Star, Scotty, Scrabble, Smoke House, Stones, Teeth, Tornado.
More affectionate nicknames would soon follow: Rock, Kryptonite, Kibbles 'n Bits, Scrabble, and Love.
For smokeable cocaine: Base, Ball, Beat, Bisquits, Bones, Boost, Boulders, Brick, Bump, Cakes, Casper, Chalk, Cookies, Crumbs, Cubes, Fatbags, Freebase, Gravel, Hardball, Hell, Kibbles n' Bits, Kryptonite, Love, Moonrocks, Nuggets, Onion, Pebbles, Piedras, Piece, Ready Rock, Roca, Rock(s), Rock Star, Scotty, Scrabble, Smoke House, Stones, Teeth, Tornado.
But too little kryptonite may allow the child to damage her, while too much may damage or kill the child.