ADJ.
own, vulnerable
VERB + KRYPTONITE
books, like
KRYPTONITE + NOUN
conservatives, credibility, kryptonites, magic, restaurant, reviewers, tom
PREP.
from
noun
The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.
The terrific seven-grain bread here is the kryptonite of restaurant reviewers: two mini-loaves and you are incapacitated.
So while recording or sampling a Charlie Manson track […] makes for shock rock kudos aplenty, a devotion to Hubbard is kryptonite for credibility.
Crack cocaine.
verb
To expose to, or attack with, kryptonite.
And even those two were pretty puny, like Superman after he had been kryptonited.
To destroy, wreck, or ruin; to affect adversely, as Superman is affected by kryptonite.
The terrific seven-grain bread here is the kryptonite of restaurant reviewers: two mini-loaves and you are incapacitated.
WiktionarySo while recording or sampling a Charlie Manson track […] makes for shock rock kudos aplenty, a devotion to Hubbard is kryptonite for credibility.
WiktionaryWe all have our own kryptonite or kryptonites, so don't tempt yourself by listening to so-called friends who are just demonic tools being used to bring you under.
WiktionaryAnd even those two were pretty puny, like Superman after he had been kryptonited.
WiktionaryBooks are Tom's kryptonite.
Tatoeba · #11944788Commitment is like kryptonite to Tom.
Tatoeba · #11944793i Register
In some senses, kryptonite is marked as figuratively, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.