OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32615

kryptonite

/ˈkɹɪptənaɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
criptonita • kryptonita
The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.
So while recording or sampling a Charlie Manson track […] makes for shock rock kudos aplenty, a devotion to Hubbard is kryptonite for credibility.
The terrific seven-grain bread here is the kryptonite of restaurant reviewers: two mini-loaves and you are incapacitated.
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