Fatal (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Bringing death.
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Examples
- The fatal wound was inflicted during the intense battle, resulting in the soldier's immediate death.
- Prolonged exposure to the toxin can prove fatal if not treated promptly with an antidote.
- The car crash was fatal for the driver, who died instantly from the force of the impact.
- Doctors confirmed that the patient's rare disease was fatal and that there was no cure available.
- The snake's venom is fatal to humans if not treated with antivenom within hours of the bite.
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Meaning 2
(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".
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Meaning 3
Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events".
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Meaning 4
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".
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