Fatal - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈfeɪtl|  American pronunciation of the word fatal
Brit.  |ˈfeɪt(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word fatal

adjective

- having momentous consequences; of decisive importance (syn: fateful)
the fatal day of the election finally arrived
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin (syn: black, calamitous, disastrous, fateful)
such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory
it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it
- controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined (syn: fateful)
a fatal series of events

Extra examples

She made a fatal mistake.

It would be fatal to hesitate.

If it is not treated correctly, the condition can prove fatal (=be fatal).

Disunity finally proved fatal to the rebels' cause.

There was one fatal flaw (=serious weakness) in his argument.

His presidential hopes suffered a fatal blow in New Hampshire.

Telling your employees they're unimportant is a fatal error.

...the fatal shooting of a fellow homey was just the wake-up call he needed to get out of the drug trade...

He drank the fatal potion.

While we procrastinate, a fatal stroke may intervene.

He ate some poisonous mushrooms, with fatal consequences.

She made a snap decision, which was to have fatal consequences.

'Mad cow disease' is a fatal degenerative disease of the nervous system.

I realized I had made a fatal error.

In the vast majority of cases the disease is fatal.

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