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third–degree
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
third degree
(noun)
third–degree
(adjective)
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third–degree
adjective
third–degree
adjective
Learner's definition of THIRD–DEGREE
always used before a noun
1
US, of a crime
:
of the least serious level
:
deserving the mildest punishment
third-degree
murder/theft/arson
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causing severe injury
He suffered
third-degree
burns and may not survive.
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