Sekirov Dictionary

kryptonite

/ˈkɹɪptənaɪt/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3

noun2

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(figurative) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.
- The terrific seven-grain bread here is the kryptonite of restaurant reviewers: two mini-loaves and you are incapacitated. — 1991
(slang) Crack cocaine.

verb2

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To expose to, or attack with, kryptonite.
- And even those two were pretty puny, like Superman after he had been kryptonited. — 1998
(figurative) To destroy, wreck, or ruin; to affect adversely, as Superman is affected by kryptonite.

forms

kryptonited · kryptoniting · kryptonites

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