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   Fa·tal

   /ˈfād(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. causing death: "a fatal accident" Similar deadlylethalmortalcausing deathdeath dealingkillingfinalterminalincurableuntreatableinoperablemalignanttragicliterary:deathlyarchaic:banefulOpposite harmlesssuperficial
   • ▪ leading to failure or disaster: "there were three fatal flaws in the strategy" Similar disastrousdevastatingruinouscatastrophiccalamitouscataclysmicdestructivegrievousdirecripplingcrushinginjuriousharmfulcostlyliterary:direfulOpposite harmlessbeneficial

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘destined by fate’ and ‘ominous’): from Old French, or from Latin fatalis, from fatum (see fate).

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   What does fatal mean in English?

   • Origin fatal (1300-1400) French Latin fatalis, from fatum; → FATE fatal meaning, definition, what is fatal: resulting in someone’s death: Learn more.

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   What is the origin of the word fatal?

   • late 14c., "decreed by fate," from Middle French fatal (14c.) and directly from Latin fatalis "ordained by fate," from fatum (see fate (n.)); sense of "causing death" is early 15c. It is impossible to doubt that this passion is fatal to more than the purse.

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   What is a fatal accident or illness?

   • A fatal accident or illness causes someone's death. ...the fatal stabbing of a police sergeant. The dead soldier is reported to have been fatally wounded in the chest. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. Obsolete 2. 3. 4. 5. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   What is the difference between fatal and deadly?

   • Fatal describes conditions, circumstances, or events that have already caused death or are virtually certain to do so in the future: a fatal accident; a fatal illness. Deadly means capable of killing or of being used to kill: a deadly poison; a deadly weapon.

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   Fatal, deadly, lethal, mortal apply to something that has caused or is capable of causing death. Fatal may refer to either the future or the past; in either case, it emphasizes inevitability and the inescapable—the disastrous, whether death or dire misfortune: The accident was fatal.

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   1 day ago · fatal may refer to either the future or the past; in either case, it emphasizes inevitability and the inescapable--the disastrous, whether death or dire misfortune: The accident was fatal. Such a mistake would be fatal. deadly looks to the future, and suggests that which is likely to cause death (though not inevitably so): a deadly poison, disease.

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   fatal meaning, definition, what is fatal: resulting in someone’s death: Learn more.

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   FATAL definition: 1. A fatal accident or illness causes death: 2. Fatal actions have very bad effects: . Learn more.

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   1. resulting in or capable of causing death: a fatal accident. 2. bringing ruin; disastrous. 3. decisively important; fateful. 4. decreed by fate; destined; inevitable. [C14: from Old French fatal or Latin fātālis, from fātum, see fate]

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   May 21, 2024 · Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny . Foreboding death or great disaster . Causing death or destruction . a fatal wound; a fatal disease; that fatal day; a fatal mistake. ( computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program. a fatal error; a fatal exception.