Both Uses of
mortal
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- But we are swept forward again, powerless, madly savage and raging; we will kill, for they are still our mortal enemies, their rifles and bombs are aimed against us, and if we don't destroy them, they will destroy us.
p. 115.6mortal = extreme
- I am in mortal terror at this turn, for I haven't any idea what the things are called professionally.
p. 248.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(mortal as in: mortal body) human (especially merely human); or subject to death
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(2)
(mortal as in: a mortal wound) causing death
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(3)
(mortal as in: felt mortal agony) extreme or intense