Dictionary definition · fatal
adjective
- bringing death
- having momentous consequences; of decisive importance"that fateful meeting of the U.N. when … it declared war on North Korea"
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin"the stock market crashed on Black Friday"
- controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined"a fatal series of events"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).