Fatal
WordNet
adjective
(1) Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
"A fatal series of events"
(2) Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
"That fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev
"The fatal day of the election finally arrived"
(3) Bringing death
(4) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
"The stock market crashed on Black Friday"
"A calamitous defeat"
"The battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"
"Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin
"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur
"A fateful error"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
- Foreboding death or great disaster.
- Causing death or destruction.
- a fatal wound
- a fatal disease
- a fatal day
- a fatal error
Synonyms
- (proceeding from fate): inevitable, necessary
- (foreboding death):
- (causing death): calamitous, deadly; destructive; mortal