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- DictionaryFa·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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