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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. bringing death;

2. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance;
- Example: "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev
- Example: "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
[syn: fateful, fatal]

3. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin;
- Example: "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"
- Example: "a calamitous defeat"
- Example: "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"
- Example: "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin
- Example: "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur
- Example: "a fateful error"
[syn: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful]

4. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined;
- Example: "a fatal series of events"
[syn: fatal, fateful]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fatal \Fa"tal\, a. [L. fatalis, fr. fatum: cf. F. fatal. See
   Fate.]
   1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny;
      necessary; inevitable. [R.]
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            These thing are fatal and necessary.  --Tillotson.
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            It was fatal to the king to fight for his money.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   2. Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.]
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            That fatal screech owl to our house
            That nothing sung but death to us and ours. --Shak.
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   3. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive;
      calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal
      day; a fatal error.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fatal
    adj 1: bringing death [ant: nonfatal]
    2: having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that
       fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North
       Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally
       arrived" [syn: fateful, fatal]
    3: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire
       consequences; bringing ruin; "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"- Charles
       Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win
       it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" [syn: black,
       calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful]
    4: controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series
       of events" [syn: fatal, fateful]


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

fatal

    Resulting in termination of the program.

   (1997-08-03)