Mortal wound

"Mortal Wound" dictionary entry from The New World of English Words By Edward Phillips (1720).

A mortal wound is an injury that will ultimately lead to a person's death.[1][2] Mortal refers to the mortality of a human: whether they are going to live or die.[3] Wound is another term for injury. The expression can also be used figuratively.[3]

  1. ^ Easier English intermediate dictionary (2nd ed.). London: Bloomsbury. 2004. ISBN 9781408101995. OCLC 191801970.
  2. ^ "Fatal or mortal?". Grammarphobia. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "mortal_adjective." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. 2018. Oxford University Press. Accessed 14 September 2018. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mortal_1?q=mortal