HyperDic: fatal

English > 4 senses of the word *fatal*:
ADJECTIVE	all	fatal	bringing death
	all	fatal, fateful	having momentous consequences
	all	fatal, black, calamitous, disastrous, fateful	(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences
	all	fatal, fateful	controlled or decreed by fate

fatal > pronunciation
Sounds	fey'tahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *fatal*: 4 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Bringing death.
Narrower	deadly, deathly, mortal	Causing or capable of causing death
	deadly, lethal	Of an instrument of certain death
	terminal	Causing or ending in or approaching death
Opposite	nonfatal	not bringing death
Spanish	fatal
Catalan	fatal
Nouns	fatality	the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters

English > *fatal*: 4 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance.
Example	"the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
Synonym	fateful
Broader	decisive	Determining or having the power to determine an outcome
Spanish	fatal, fatídico, ineludible, inevitable, irremediable, irrevocable
Catalan	indefugible, ineluctable, ineludible, inevitable, irremeiable, irremissible, irrevocable
Adverbs	fatally	with fatal consequences or implications

English > *fatal*: 4 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin.
Examples	"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
Synonyms	black, calamitous, disastrous, fateful
Broader	unfortunate	not favored by fortune
Spanish	calamitoso, catastrófico, desastrosa, desastroso, desgraciada, funesto, lastimoso, negro, ruinoso
Catalan	calamitós, catastròfic, desastrós, funest, llastimós, negre, ruinós

English > *fatal*: 4 senses > adjective 4
Meaning	Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined.
Example	"a fatal series of events"
Synonym	fateful
Broader	inevitable	incapable of being avoided / avoided or prevented

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