Fatal Definition

fātl
adjective
Resulting in death.
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Important in its outcome; fateful; decisive.
The fatal day arrived.
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Fated; destined; inevitable.
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Very destructive; most unfortunate; disastrous.
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Concerned with or determining fate.
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noun

A fatality; an event that leads to death.

Wiktionary

(computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.

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Origin of Fatal

  • Middle English fateful from Old French from Latin fātālis from fātum prophecy, doom fate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

    From Wiktionary

Fatal Sentence Examples

  • The council had also a fatal defect in its constitution.

  • This step was fatal to Pippin's designs.

  • Hubris was a fatal flaw of many ancient heroes.

  • The following year was more fatal.

  • This was the case once before, in 1901; and the total of fatal accidents to passengers and servants, taken together, has in several years been very low (1896, eight; 1901, eight; 1902, ten; 1904, thirteen), but never before was it down to six.

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Words Starting With

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