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"mortal combat" "a mortal illness"adjectivecausing or capable of causing death
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nouna human being
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adjectiveinvolving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
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"mortal beings"adjectivesubject to death
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"mortal enemy"adjectiveunrelenting and deadly
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- here queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno
- earth the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
- hero (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
- hercules (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
- nelson English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
- hamilton United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804)
- immortality the quality or state of being immortal
- achilles a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
- pegasus (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination
- nectar (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal