Fatal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing or capable of causing death.
  • adj. Causing ruin or destruction; disastrous: "Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory” ( Charles Darwin).
  • adj. Of decisive importance; fateful: came through at the fatal moment.
  • adj. Concerning or determining one's fate: the fatal thread of life.
  • adj. Obsolete Having been destined; fated.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
  • adj. Foreboding death or great disaster.
  • adj. Causing death or destruction
  • adj. Causing a sudden end to a program.
  • n. A fatality; an event that leads to death.
  • n. A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.
  • adj. Foreboding death or great disaster.
  • adj. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 1. Proceeding from or decreed by fate or destiny; inevitable; fated.
  • Fraught with fate; influencing or deciding fate; fateful.
  • Foreboding or associated with disaster or death; ominous.
  • Causing or attended with death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; disastrous; ruinous: as, a fatal accident.
  • Doomed; cursed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
  • adj. bringing death
  • adj. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
  • adj. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
  • Equivalent
    inevitable    mortal    terminal    deathly    lethal    deadly    decisive    unfortunate   
    Form
    fatalistic    fatality    fatalism   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    necessary    inevitable    deadly    mortal    destructive    calamitous    fateful   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Natal    natal    neonatal    nonfatal    postnatal    prenatal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    terrible    serious    disastrous    bloody    frequent