fatal

fa·tal  (ftl)

adj.

1. Causing or capable of causing death.

2. Causing ruin or destruction; disastrous: "Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory" Charles Darwin.

3. Of decisive importance; fateful: came through at the fatal moment.

4. Concerning or determining one's fate: the fatal thread of life.

5. Obsolete Having been destined; fated.

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[Middle English, fateful, from Old French, from Latin ftlis, from ftum, prophecy, doom; see fate.]

Synonyms: fatal, deadly, mortal, lethal
These adjectives apply to what causes or is likely to cause death. Fatal describes conditions, circumstances, or events that have caused or are destined to cause death or dire consequences: a fatal illness.
Deadly means capable of killing: a deadly poison.
Mortal describes a condition or action that produces death: a mortal wound.
Lethal refers to a sure agent of death that may have been created solely for the purpose of killing: execution by lethal injection.

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fatal

Adjective

1. resulting in death: a fatal accident

2. resulting in unfortunate consequences: Gorbachov's second fatal mistake [Latin fatum fate]

fatally adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fatal - bringing death                       nonfatal - not bringing death; "nonfatal heart attack"
	2.	fatal - 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" fateful decisive - determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence"
	3.	fatal - (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" calamitous, disastrous, fateful, black unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
	4.	fatal - controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" fateful inevitable - incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result"

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fatal

adjective 1. disastrous, devastating, crippling, lethal, catastrophic, ruinous, calamitous, baleful, baneful << OPPOSITE minor

adjective 2. decisive, final, determining, critical, crucial, fateful

adjective 3. lethal, deadly, mortal, causing death, final, killing, terminal, destructive, malignant, incurable, pernicious << OPPOSITE harmless

Translations

fatal [ˈfeɪtl] adj [mistake] → fatal; [injury] → mortal; [consequence] → funesto

fatal [ˈfeɪtl] adj [mistake] → fatal(e); [injury] → mortel(le)

fatal [ˈfeɪtl] adj → tödlich;

(mistake) → verhängnisvoll

fatal [ˈfeɪtl] adj → fatale; mortale; disastroso/a

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fatal

adj fatal [ˈfeitl]

1 causing death a fatal accident.noodlottig, dodelikمُميت، قاتِلсмъртоносенsmrtelnýdødeligtödlichθανάσιμος, θανατηφόροςmortalsurmavمرگبارkuolettavafatalקַטלָנִיघातकfatalan, kobanhalálosfatalbanvænnfatale致命的な치명적인mirtinasnāvīgsmembawa mautdodelijkdødeligśmiertelnyfatalfatalсмертельныйsmrteľnýpogubensmrtonosandödligซึ่งทำให้ถึงตายöldürücü, ölümcül致命的фатальнийمہلکchí tử致命的

2 disastrous She made the fatal mistake of not inviting him to the party.rampspoedig, fataalقاتِل، فَظيعфаталенosudnýskæbnesvangerverhängnisvollμοιραίος, καταστροφικόςfatalsaatuslikمصیبت بارkohtalokasfatalגוֹרָלִיविनाशकारीkoban, katastofalanvégzetesfatalhræðilegurfatale取り返しのつかない결정적인, 엄청난fatališkas, lemtingasliktenīgsmembawa padahrampzaligskjebnesvanger, ødeleggendefatalnyfatalfatalроковойosudnýusodenfatalanfatalซึ่งทำให้หายนะkötü, talihsiz嚴重的згубний, фатальнийتباہ کن غلطیgây ra tai hoạ严重的

adv ˈfatally

noodlottig, dodelikبِصورَةٍ قاتِلَه أو مُميتَهпагубноsmrtelně; osudnědødeligtverhängnisvollμοιραία, θανατηφόραmortalmentesaatuslikultبطور مهلکkohtalokkaastifatalementבְּצוּרָה אֲנוּשָׁהघातकfatalno, kobnohalálosansecara fatallífshættulegafatalmente致命的に치명적으로mirtinaināvīgi; liktenīgidengan membawa padahdodelijkdødeligśmiertelniefatalmentefatal(mente)неизбежноosudne; smrteľneusodnofatalnodödligt, fataltอย่างปางตายölümcül bir biçimde致命地фатальноمہلکانہmột cách tai hoạ, chết người致命地

n fatality [fəˈtӕləti]

(an accident causing) death fatalities on the roads.noodlottigheid, sterfteمَوْت في حادِث سَيّارَهкатастрофаsmrtelná nehodadødsulykkeder Todesfallθανατηφόρο ατύχημαaccidente mortalõnnetu surmمرگ و میرkuolemaaccident mortelמִקרֶה מָוֶתमृत्युnesreća, katastrofa; broj žrtavahalálesetkecelakaan fatalbanaslys; dauðsfallincidente mortale, fatalità事故死치명적인nelaimingas atsitikimas, mirtisceļa negadījuma upurikematiandodelijk ongelukdødsfall, dødsulykkeśmiertelny wypadekfatalidadeaccident mortalсмерть (от несчастного случая)smrteľný úrazsmrtna nesrečanesrećadödsolyckaความตายที่มาจากอุบัติเหตุหรือสงครามölüm, can kaybı死亡事故нещастя; нещасний випадокموتcái chết bất hạnh; sự rủi ro死亡事故