destroying angel

Related to destroying angel: Amanita muscaria

destroying angel

Any of the extremely poisonous mushrooms of the genus Amanita. Don't pick that mushroom—it's a destroying angel!
See also: angel, destroy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a fallen angel
  • fallen angel
  • you're an angel
  • angel
  • angel dust
  • death cap
  • destroyed
  • guardian angel
  • oil of angels
  • angel in the house
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The destroying angel seems to be alluded to in the Bible's description of the slaying of the firstborn, where he is called ha-mashhit: for the Lord will pass over the door and not let the Destroyer enter and smite your home (Ex.
Another implicit allusion to the destroying angel can be found in For wrath [ketzef] has gone forth from the Lord: the plague has begun (Num.
The destroying angel may also figure in the story of Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem (II Kgs.
The destroying angel is explicitly mentioned twice in the Bible (II Sam.
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People who eat Destroying Angels usually suffer liver and kidney failure.
Destroying Angels can easily be mistaken for edible mushrooms but are among the most poisonous fungi in Europe.
Nicholas and his relatives fell ill last Monday after picking the Destroying Angels on Sir Alastair's Altyre estate, which lies between Forres and Grantown-on-Spey.
Destroying Angels, or amanita virosa, are from the same family as the lethal Death Cap mushroom.
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A destroying angel is a highly poisonous type of what?
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He had started destroying angels in the churches of East Anglia in 1643 before being formally appointed commissioner for removing the monuments of idolatry and superstition from all the churches of the Eastern Association.
Milton's angels: though Protestants sought to distance themselves from Roman Catholics on the subject, angels played a key role in Protestant culture as a means by which to understand humans and their place in the universe
Destroying angels and amanitas are two common examples.
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We saw numerous Destroying Angels which are related to the Death Cap, among the most toxic of the mushrooms and easily mistaken for button mushrooms or young horse mushrooms.
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