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Deletery

Deletery \Del"e*ter*y\, a. [LL. deleterius: cf. F. d['e]l['e]t[`e]re.] Destructive; poisonous. [Obs.] ``Deletery medicines.''
--Hudibras.

Deletery

Deletery \Del"e*ter*y\, n. That which destroys. [Obs.]

They [the Scriptures] are the only deletery of heresies.
--Jer. Taylor.

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deletery

a. (context obsolete English) destructive, poisonous. n. (context obsolete English) That which destroys.