FATAL


Meaning of FATAL in English

adj. 1 causing or ending in death (a fatal accident). 2 (often foll. by to) destructive; ruinous; ending in disaster (was fatal to their chances; made a fatal mistake). 3 fateful, decisive. fatally adv. fatalness n.

[ ME f. OF fatal or L fatalis (as FATE) ]

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