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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a lethal dose" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the amount of a substance that can cause death or serious harm.
Example: "The researchers determined that a lethal dose of the toxin could be as little as 10 milligrams."
Alternatives: "a fatal dose" or "a deadly dose".
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Four hundred is a lethal dose.
She was injected with a lethal dose of phenobarbital.
As few as eleven large earthworms can transfer a lethal dose of DDT to a robin.
A person would need to swallow large quantities of MCHM to approach a lethal dose.
Superjoint Ritual itself, about to release its second album, "A Lethal Dose of American Hatred," is no great shakes.
In September, he took a lethal dose of rat poison and pills in an empty trailer at a lumberyard.
The only trouble is, the difference between an incapacitating dose and a lethal dose can be very narrow.
Estimated conservatively, at 10,000 spores to a lethal dose, one gram in theory could cause about 10 million deaths.
In 1949, Clara's grand-daughter, Claire Haber, a scientist in Chicago, swallowed a lethal dose of cyanide.
Their conclusion was chilling: a person could inhale a lethal dose of spores within seconds of opening an envelope.
That means a lethal dose would be achieved by eating about 2.5 litres of the poisoned cereal.
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