widow-maker
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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.
- The detached or broken limb of a tree, a hazard to those walking underneath.
- An occlusion of the left coronary artery or its anterior interventricular branch; which is likely to cause a fatal heart attack.
- The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.
- Alternative form of widow-maker.
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