Definition of destroying angel
: any of several very poisonous pure white amanita mushrooms (such as Amanita verna or A. virosa) : death cap
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destroying angel
nounde·stroy·ing an·gel | \ di-ˌstrȯi(-i)ŋ-ˈān-jəl 
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\Medical Definition of destroying angel
: any of several very poisonous pure white mushrooms of the genus Amanita (as A. verna, A. virosa, or A. ocreata) also : a death cap (A. phalloides) whether white or colored
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