fatal

[fa·tal]

The adjective fatal describes something that is capable of causing death. Certain cleaning products, for instance, are labeled, “Could be fatal if swallowed.” Here's a helpful suggestion: don't swallow them.

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Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

Adjective S.
controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective
bringing death

Adjective S.
(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 fata


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Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

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Foreboding death or great disaster.

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Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.


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.]
These thing are fatal and necessary.
It was fatal to the king to fight for his money.
2. Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.]
That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours.
3. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.

Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

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Usage Examples

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream.

Failure is not fatal victory is not success.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal.

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Other Usage Examples

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.

It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.

I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer.

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

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