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- pronunciation:
- feI
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
causing or having the potential to cause death.
This dangerous intersection has been the site of a number of fatal accidents.Her injuries proved to be fatal.- synonyms:
- deadly, fell, lethal, mortal, terminal
- similar words:
- baneful, internecine, killing, malignant, murderous, pernicious, pestilent, toxic, vital
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| definition 2: |
leading to misfortune, ruin, or destruction.
Returning to the scene of the crime was a fatal error.Such a decision could have fatal consequences.- synonyms:
- baneful, calamitous, catastrophic, disastrous, fateful, ill-fated, lethal, ruinous
- similar words:
- destructive, maleficent, pernicious
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| definition 3: |
having clear or decisive importance; fateful.
- synonyms:
- critical, crucial, fateful, momentous, pivotal
- similar words:
- baleful, climactic, foreboding, historic, ill-starred, ominous, sinister, unlucky
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| definition 4: |
influenced or governed by fate.
fatal events- synonyms:
- fated, fateful, inevitable, karmic, predestined, preordained, providential
- similar words:
- ineluctable, lucky, mortal, prophetic, unlucky
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| related words: |
disastrous, hopeless, virulent |
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