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English adjective: fatal | |||
| 1. | fatal bringing death | ||
| Similar | deadly, deadly, deathly, lethal, mortal, terminal | ||
| Antonyms | nonfatal | ||
| 2. | fatal having momentous consequences; of decisive importance | ||
| Samples | That fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea. The fatal day of the election finally arrived. | ||
| Synonyms | fateful | ||
| Similar | decisive | ||
| Antonyms | indecisive | ||
| 3. | fatal (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||
| Samples | The stock market crashed on Black Friday. A calamitous defeat. The battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign. Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory. It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. A fateful error. | ||
| Synonyms | black, calamitous, disastrous, fateful | ||
| Similar | unfortunate | ||
| Antonyms | fortunate | ||
| 4. | fatal controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined | ||
| Samples | A fatal series of events. | ||
| Synonyms | fateful | ||
| Similar | inevitable | ||
| Antonyms | avertable, avertible, avoidable, evitable | ||
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