fa·tal /ˈfeɪtəl/
synset: fatal
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. (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"
synset: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
4. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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