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kryptonite
kryp·ton·ite K5117450 (krĭp′tə-nīt′)n. Slang Something that presents a particular threat to one that is otherwise powerful: Immigration reform turned out to be the senator's kryptonite.
[After Kryptonite, a fictional radioactive mineral (the presence of which weakens the superhero Superman) appearing in Superman comics from 1949 onwards : Krypton, the home planet of Superman where Kryptonite was once found before being scattered in the universe by the planet's destruction (named by American comics writer Jerry Siegel (1914-1996), perhaps after the element krypton) + -ite.]kryptonite (ˈkrɪptəˌnaɪt) ninformal something that renders a person or thing helpless: football movies are box-office kryptonite. [C20: from the fictional substance to which the hero is vulnerable in the comic strip Superman]TranslationsKryptonite
Drug slang A regional term for crack cocaine
Vox populi A fictional element from the Superman saga which is one of the few things that weakens the Man of Steel. Prolonged exposure to Kryptonite is capable of killing Superman. |