Like the bite of a king cobra (6)

I believe the answer is:

lethal

(Other definitions for lethal that I've seen before include "Deadly, potentially fatal" , "Able to cause death" , "Vicious" , "Killing" , "describing a killer?" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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