EGAVE

widow-maker

Meaning

  1. noun Something which or someone who takes a person's life, particularly men; a lethal hazard that affects mostly men or is specific to a primarily male trade.
  2. noun The detached or broken limb of a tree, a hazard to those walking underneath.
  3. noun An occlusion of the left coronary artery or its anterior interventricular branch, which is likely to cause a fatal heart attack.
  4. noun The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.

Similar words

widow maker widowmaker black widow axe murderer lethal womanslaughter matadora victim mankiller massacree

Word family

widow maker widow makers widow-makers widowmaker widowmakers

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