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Definition of third-degree adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

third-degree

adjective

/ˌθɜːd dɪˈɡriː/

/ˌθɜːrd dɪˈɡriː/

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third-degree burns burns of the most serious kind, affecting tissue below the skinTopics Health problemsc2

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(North American English) third-degree murder, assault, robbery, etc. murder, etc. of the least serious of three kinds

compare first-degree, second-degree

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give somebody the third degree

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