deletery

Del"e*ter*y, a. Etym: [LL. deleterius: cf. F. délétère.] Defn: Destructive; poisonous. [Obs.] "Deletery medicines." Hudibras. Del"e*ter*y, n. Defn: That which destroys. [Obs.] They [the Scriptures] are the only deletery of heresies. Jer. Taylor.

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