widowmaker

/W IH1 D OW0 M EY0 K ER0/

noun

1
Something which or someone who takes the lives of men; a lethal hazard that affects mostly men or is specific to a primarily male trade.
2
The detached or broken limb of a tree, a hazard to those walking underneath.
syn:fool killer
3
(The left coronary artery, or its anterior interventricular branch, occlusion of which is likely to cause a fatal heart attack)

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