fatal

Adjective
Synonyms: fatefulblackcalamitousdisastrous

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (4)

  1. bringing death
  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”Synonyms: fateful
  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”Synonyms: blackcalamitousdisastrousfateful
  4. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined“a fatal series of events”Synonyms: fateful
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.] [1913 Webster]

These thing are fatal and necessary.— Tillotson.[1913 Webster]
It was fatal to the king to fight for his money.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

2.Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.] [1913 Webster]

That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

fatal

<programming> Resulting in termination of the program.

(1997-08-03)

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