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/'feɪtəl/

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adjective
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
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"such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory" "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"

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black calamitous disastrous fateful unfortunate
adjective
controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
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"a fatal series of events"

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fateful inevitable
adjective
having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
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"the fatal day of the election finally arrived"

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fateful decisive
adjective
bringing death
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mortal deadly deathly terminal lethal

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nonfatal

Examples of fatal

"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 fatal series of events"
"the fatal day of the election finally arrived"