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The phrase "a fatal dose" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the amount of a substance that could lead to death, often in medical or toxicological discussions.
Example: "The patient received a fatal dose of the medication, leading to irreversible consequences."
Alternatives: "lethal amount" or "deadly dose".
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I would administer a fatal dose of heroin and that would be that.
Suffering from cancer of the jaw, he took a fatal dose of morphine administered by a doctor at his request.
Mr. Nicklinson was too incapacitated to administer a fatal dose unaided.
As in "Il Trovatore," the heroine takes a fatal dose of poison.
She injected herself with a fatal dose with her youngest son in the room next door.
A few days later, he took a fatal dose of barbiturate; Lotte followed him.
A trainer and a veterinarian were charged with injecting a trotter at Monticello Raceway with a fatal dose of a performance-enhancing drug.
PU-239 This is an original black-comedy film about a Russian nuclear-plant worker accidentally exposed to a fatal dose of radiation.
RT Alan Shore (James Spader) delivers a moving courtroom speech on behalf of his client's right to give her sick father a fatal dose of morphine.
Now we need to find out who was holding the gun at that time," adding: "I would point to him being given a fatal dose.
Once it spots a crown-of-thorns starfish it uses an extended arm to administer a fatal dose of bile salts.
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