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third-degree

 adjective
     
third-degree [always before noun]
1

third-degree burn

[usually plural] the most serious kind of burn, that goes right through your skin
2

third-degree murder/burglary/assault etc

American English murder etc that is considered by a court to be the least serious of three different kinds
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