Thesaurus: fatal

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1. a. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.
2. a. Foreboding death or great disaster.
3. a. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.
4. adj. bringing death
5. adj. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
6. adj. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
7. adj. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
8. 1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. [R.] These thing are fatal and necessary. Tillotson. It was fatal to the king to fight for his money. Bacon. 2. Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.] That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours. Shak. 3. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.
9. j:100 a. bringing death s. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined