0 not living forever -- mortal
1 a human being -- mortal
2 liable to die; unable to live for ever -- mortal
Man is mortal.
3 of or causing death -- mortal
4 a human being -- mortal
To depend exclusively on road transport must therefore be deemed a sin of reckless faith, which used to be a mortal sin.
Fortunately, good sense - or rather the mortal fear of the electorate - has prevailed among most of our colleagues and multilingualism has been preserved.