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Meaning of 'fatal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fatal [ a.]
- Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.
- Foreboding death or great disaster.
- Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.

Meaning of 'fatal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fatal [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
Example in sentence:
  • a calamitous defeat;
  • a fateful error;
  • it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it;
  • such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory;
  • the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign;
  • the stock market crashed on Black Friday
Meaning (2):
- controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
Example in sentence:
  • a fatal series of events
Meaning (3):
- having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
Example in sentence:
  • that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea;
  • the fatal day of the election finally arrived

Nearby Words:

fat fat-brained fat-kidneyed fat-wited fata morgana fatalism fatalist fatalistic fatalities fatality

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